Definition for Forecast:

• To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

Synonyms for Forecast:

• n.

  •
  • avowal,
  • apologia,
  • assertion,
  • announcement,
  • apology,
  • accusation,
  • affirmation,
  • attestation,
  • allegation,
  • assurance.
  •
  • foresight.
  •
  • show.
  •anticipation (noun)
  • fore-sight,
  • fore-thoughts,
  • fore thought,
  • fore-seeings,
  • in-tuitions,
  • pre science,
  • fore-sights,
  • fore-thought,
  • pre-science,
  • in tuition,
  • fore sights,
  • pre-monition,
  • foreseeings,
  • fore sight,
  • fore-bodings,
  • pre conceptions,
  • pre monition,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • pre-conception,
  • pre monitions,
  • in tuitions,
  • pre sciences,
  • pre-sciences,
  • in-tuition,
  • prior knowledges,
  • fore thoughts,
  • pre conception,
  • fore seeings,
  • pre-monitions,
  • fore bodings.
  •calculation (noun)
  • countings.
  •communication (noun)
  • forecast,
  • prognosis.
  •count on (noun)
  • count on.
  •expectation (noun)
  • likelihood,
  • looking forward.
  •forecast (noun)
  • foreshadow,
  • reckon,
  • estimate,
  • prefigure,
  • omen.
  •hunch (noun)
  • fore-knowledges,
  • pre-notation,
  • feeling in one bone,
  • preapprehensions,
  • fore wisdom,
  • feeling one's bone,
  • forewisdoms,
  • bodings,
  • feeling in bone,
  • pre apprehensions,
  • fore knowledges,
  • fore-knowledge,
  • pre notice,
  • pre-apprehensions,
  • fore-wisdoms,
  • feeling one bone,
  • fore warnings,
  • fore wisdoms,
  • mis giving,
  • ominations,
  • pre notations,
  • pre-notations,
  • fore knowledge,
  • pre cognitions,
  • presagements,
  • mis-giving,
  • augurations,
  • pre-cognition,
  • pre notation,
  • pre notices,
  • fore-wisdom,
  • pre-cognitions,
  • feeling bone,
  • pre apprehension,
  • prenotations,
  • pre-notice,
  • feeling in one's bone,
  • feeling ones bone,
  • feeling in ones bone,
  • pre-apprehension,
  • fore-warning,
  • pre cognition,
  • fore-warnings,
  • pre-notices.
  •outlook (noun)
  • out look,
  • law averages,
  • out-look,
  • out looks,
  • out-looks,
  • normal courses.
  •prediction (noun)
  • envisioning,
  • foreshadowing,
  • premonition,
  • boding,
  • speculation,
  • prediction,
  • prophecy,
  • augury,
  • revelation.
  •prediction, often of weather or business (noun)
  • foretelling,
  • foreknowledge,
  • forethought,
  • conjecture,
  • foreseeing,
  • prescience,
  • planning,
  • budget.
  •presage (noun)
  • pre notions,
  • bodements,
  • pre-notion,
  • pre sage,
  • pre-sage,
  • pre sages,
  • prenotions,
  • apprehensivenesses,
  • pre-sages,
  • pre notion,
  • pre-notions.
  •presentiment (noun)
  • vibes,
  • handwriting on wall,
  • sinking feeling,
  • vibe,
  • worriment.
  •prophecy (noun)
  • re velation,
  • re-velation,
  • re-velations,
  • re velations.
  •prospect (noun)
  • irons in fire.
  •tip-off (noun)
  • tip off,
  • tipoff.
  •tip/tipoff (noun)
  • word wise,
  • secret informations,
  • two cents' worths,
  • inside wires,
  • tipoffs,
  • in formations,
  • in-formation,
  • word the wise,
  • in-formations,
  • word advice.
  •weather forecast (noun)
  • regional forecast,
  • long-term forecast,
  • small-craft advisory,
  • local forecast,
  • weather prediction,
  • storm watch,
  • storm warning,
  • general outlook.

• v.

  •announce (verb)
  • fore showed,
  • fore cast,
  • fore run,
  • fore-showed,
  • fore shown,
  • fore-show,
  • fore-run,
  • fore casts,
  • fore show,
  • foreshows,
  • fore-running,
  • fore running,
  • foreruning,
  • fore-shows,
  • fore-casts,
  • fore shows,
  • fore showing,
  • fore-runs,
  • fore-showing,
  • foreshowed,
  • fore-shown,
  • fore runs,
  • fore-cast.
  •anticipate (verb)
  • fore-tastes,
  • hath a hunch,
  • haddest a hunch,
  • counting chickens,
  • see in cards,
  • had a hunch,
  • sees the cards,
  • has hunch,
  • saw in cards,
  • fore tasting,
  • seeing cards,
  • being afraid,
  • waits for,
  • crossed the bridge,
  • wast afraid,
  • counted chickens,
  • sees coming,
  • previsioning,
  • pre-visioned,
  • having a hunch,
  • fore-tasted,
  • saw in the cards,
  • jump gun,
  • hath hunch,
  • promised oneself,
  • pre-visions,
  • looks forward to,
  • saw the cards,
  • am afraid,
  • see cards,
  • seeing in cards,
  • pre-visioning,
  • previsioned,
  • crossing the bridge,
  • planning on,
  • art afraid,
  • saw coming,
  • hadst hunch,
  • fore tasted,
  • haddest hunch,
  • fore-tasting,
  • pre visions,
  • promises oneself,
  • pre vision,
  • fore-taste,
  • pre-vision,
  • was afraid,
  • crosses bridge,
  • sees in cards,
  • preparing for,
  • see the cards,
  • having hunch,
  • pre visioning,
  • wert afraid,
  • seeing in the cards,
  • cross bridge,
  • had hunch,
  • fore taste,
  • hast hunch,
  • crossed bridge,
  • looked forward to,
  • crosses the bridge,
  • hopes for,
  • saw cards,
  • counts chickens,
  • sees in the cards,
  • hoping for,
  • fore tastes,
  • seeing the cards,
  • seeing coming,
  • pre visioned,
  • sees cards,
  • hadst a hunch,
  • were afraid,
  • are afraid,
  • crossing bridge,
  • promising oneself,
  • prepares for,
  • planned on,
  • hast a hunch.
  •augur (verb)
  • be speak,
  • fore-shadowed,
  • be-speak,
  • figures out,
  • fore shadows,
  • be speaking,
  • called it,
  • crystal balled,
  • calls it,
  • fore shadow,
  • be-speaks,
  • be-spoke,
  • pro-mises,
  • fore shadowed,
  • fore-shadows,
  • be-spake,
  • crystalballs,
  • be spoke,
  • fore-shadow,
  • crystalballing,
  • crystal-balling,
  • crystalball,
  • pro mise,
  • crystal balling,
  • calling it,
  • be spake,
  • soothsaid,
  • be spoken,
  • psyching out,
  • be-spoken,
  • pro mises,
  • be-speaking,
  • crystal-balls,
  • fore-shadowing,
  • pro-mise,
  • fore shadowing,
  • psychs out,
  • be speaks,
  • crystal-balled,
  • crystalballed.
  •calculate (verb)
  • multi-plied,
  • doping out,
  • takes account of,
  • totes up,
  • took account of,
  • sub-tract,
  • toting up,
  • sub tract,
  • keeps tabs,
  • taking account of,
  • toted up,
  • sub tracts,
  • dopes out,
  • sized up,
  • doped out,
  • kept tabs,
  • sizes up,
  • sub-tracts.
  •call (verb)
  • makes rough guess,
  • re-gard,
  • made rough guess,
  • re gards,
  • making rough guess.
  •expect (verb)
  • fore-knows,
  • inning the cards,
  • fore-knowing,
  • pre-supposing,
  • fore-known,
  • pre supposing,
  • under stood,
  • pre-supposes,
  • looking ahead to,
  • fore-know,
  • fore known,
  • inned the cards,
  • bargains on,
  • pre-supposed,
  • pre-suppose,
  • in cards,
  • looked ahead to,
  • looks ahead to,
  • sur mises,
  • pre suppose,
  • ins the cards,
  • fore-knew,
  • under-stands,
  • fore knew,
  • fore know,
  • under-stood,
  • watches for,
  • under stands,
  • under-standing,
  • sur-mises,
  • fore knowing,
  • sur mise,
  • under standing,
  • fore knows,
  • bargaining on,
  • ins cards,
  • bargained on,
  • pre supposed,
  • under stand,
  • inning cards,
  • pre supposes,
  • sur-mise,
  • inned cards.
  •forebode (verb)
  • fore boded,
  • fore tokened,
  • be tokened,
  • fore token,
  • fore warned,
  • fore-tokened,
  • pre-monishing,
  • fore-bode,
  • fore warns,
  • fore warn,
  • fore-token,
  • fore-tokens,
  • premonishes,
  • be-tokens,
  • pre-monish,
  • pre monishing,
  • fore bode,
  • fore-warns,
  • fore bodes,
  • fore-tokening,
  • be-token,
  • be tokens,
  • be tokening,
  • pre monish,
  • be-tokening,
  • pre monishes,
  • fore-boding,
  • pre-monished,
  • be token,
  • Premonished,
  • fore boding,
  • fore-bodes,
  • Premonishing,
  • fore tokens,
  • pre monished,
  • fore-boded,
  • be-tokened,
  • fore-warn,
  • pre-monishes,
  • fore tokening,
  • fore-warned.
  •foresee (verb)
  • fore feels,
  • called turn,
  • prevising,
  • fore-feeling,
  • pre knew,
  • pre-knew,
  • fore saw,
  • pre vise,
  • fore-saw,
  • fore-feel,
  • pre-knows,
  • pre-known,
  • fore-seen,
  • crystaled ball it,
  • sees it coming,
  • fore-felt,
  • fore seeing,
  • pre-know,
  • pre-vising,
  • forefeels,
  • fore-seeing,
  • calling turn,
  • fore feeling,
  • fore feel,
  • crystals ball it,
  • saw it coming,
  • fore seen,
  • preknows,
  • pre vising,
  • pre known,
  • preknew,
  • preknown,
  • fore-sees,
  • pre-knowing,
  • calls the turn,
  • calling the turn,
  • fore see,
  • prevised,
  • preknowing,
  • crystaling ball it,
  • forefelt,
  • pre knowing,
  • call turn,
  • pre-vise,
  • seeing it coming,
  • previses,
  • crystalled ball it,
  • pre-vised,
  • fore felt,
  • fore sees,
  • called the turn,
  • fore-feels,
  • pre know,
  • dis cern,
  • fore-see,
  • pre knows,
  • pre vised,
  • dis-cern,
  • crystalling ball it,
  • calls turn.
  •foretell (verb)
  • dis close,
  • auspicates,
  • de-clares,
  • dis closed,
  • saw something coming,
  • de clare,
  • fore tells,
  • fore-telling,
  • call shot,
  • called the shot,
  • fore-tell,
  • pro claim,
  • de-clare,
  • pre figuring,
  • fore told,
  • called shot,
  • re veals,
  • calls the shot,
  • pro claiming,
  • dis-closes,
  • de clares,
  • auspicated,
  • dis closes,
  • calls shot,
  • pro-claims,
  • fore-tells,
  • fore tell,
  • made book,
  • auspicating,
  • sees something coming,
  • making book,
  • dis-close,
  • pre-figured,
  • calling the shot,
  • fore-told,
  • pre figures,
  • pre figured,
  • makes book,
  • dis closing,
  • pro claims,
  • pre-figuring,
  • fore telling,
  • pro-claiming,
  • seeing something coming,
  • pre-figures,
  • re-veal,
  • pre figure,
  • dis-closing,
  • calling shot,
  • re-veals,
  • pro claimed,
  • pre-figure,
  • dis-closed.
  •portend (verb)
  • art cards,
  • was in the cards,
  • am the cards,
  • art the cards,
  • art in cards,
  • points to,
  • are the cards,
  • being in the cards,
  • is in the cards,
  • warning of,
  • was cards,
  • was the cards,
  • being the cards,
  • wast in cards,
  • wert the cards,
  • are cards,
  • is the cards,
  • wert in the cards,
  • was in cards,
  • are in the cards,
  • be the cards,
  • are in cards,
  • wast in the cards,
  • wast cards,
  • wert in cards,
  • is in cards,
  • am in cards,
  • warns of,
  • is cards,
  • wast the cards,
  • art in the cards,
  • being in cards,
  • being cards,
  • were the cards,
  • am cards,
  • were cards,
  • warned of,
  • be cards,
  • were in cards,
  • wert cards,
  • were in the cards,
  • be in cards.
  •predict (verb)
  • envision,
  • reveal,
  • speculate,
  • fortune.
  •predict, guess (verb)
  • determine,
  • divine,
  • infer,
  • demonstrate,
  • surmise,
  • gather,
  • predetermine,
  • conclude,
  • reason.
  •presage (verb)
  • pre-indicates,
  • pre-indicated,
  • preindicates,
  • pre-indicate,
  • pre-indicating,
  • pre indicated,
  • pre indicates,
  • pre indicate,
  • pre indicating,
  • preindicating.
  •project (verb)
  • de-vised,
  • pro-pose,
  • out lining,
  • de signing,
  • de vised,
  • in-tend,
  • pre-determined,
  • in-tending,
  • de vising,
  • in-tends,
  • pro-posing,
  • in tended,
  • de-signing,
  • pre determining,
  • pre-determine,
  • pre-determines,
  • out lined,
  • out-line,
  • maps out,
  • de vise,
  • de-signed,
  • pre determines,
  • mapped out,
  • out-lines,
  • out-lining,
  • pre-determining,
  • pre determine,
  • in tend,
  • out line,
  • in tending,
  • de-lineate,
  • out-lined,
  • in-tended,
  • pre determined,
  • pro posing,
  • de-vising,
  • de lineate,
  • pro pose,
  • de-vise,
  • de signed,
  • de lineated,
  • in tends,
  • out lines,
  • pro posed,
  • de-lineated.
  •prophesy (verb)
  • psyching it out,
  • psychs it out,
  • psyched it out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • weather report,
  • predestination,
  • prescient,
  • precognition,
  • predictor,
  • adumbrate,
  • clairvoyance,
  • figure on,
  • farsighted,
  • prognostication.
  •
  • prophetic.
  •
  • scent,
  • smell.
  •
  • tip.
  •augur
  • psych out,
  • Soothsay,
  • figured out,
  • call it,
  • crystal-ball,
  • call shots,
  • soothsays,
  • figure out,
  • figuring out,
  • foreshadowed,
  • psyched out.
  •augury
  • divination.
  •calculate
  • tot,
  • gauge,
  • cast,
  • Summed,
  • keeping tabs,
  • Gauging,
  • sizing up,
  • Summing,
  • Tallied,
  • multiply,
  • Accounted,
  • enumerate,
  • dope out,
  • Valuing,
  • keep tabs,
  • take account of,
  • Numbered,
  • size up,
  • tote up.
  •chiromancy
  • palmistry.
  •expect
  • Foreknowing,
  • watching for,
  • in the cards,
  • look ahead to,
  • foreknow,
  • bargain on,
  • watch for,
  • Foreknew,
  • watched for,
  • Foreknown,
  • Hoped,
  • foreknows.
  •foresee
  • forefeeling,
  • call the turn,
  • preknow,
  • Forefeel,
  • see it coming,
  • previse,
  • crystal ball it.
  •plan
  • project.
  •predict
  • Telegraphing,
  • Forespeak,
  • Forespoken,
  • Predicting,
  • hazard a guess,
  • predicts,
  • telegraphs,
  • telegraph,
  • see handwriting on wall,
  • Telegraphed,
  • crystal-ball divine.

Paraphrases for Forecast:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    forecasted.
  • Proper noun, singular
    forecasting, forecasted.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    forecasting.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    predicted, foreseeable.
  • Proper noun, singular
    inks, dates, predicted, estimate, estimates, Predicting, expected, estimated, predict.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    indicators, estimate, estimates, scenario.
  • Verb, past tense
    suggested, Existed, Encompassed, Speculated, described, announced, advertised, conferred, Assessed, Feared, allocated, supposed, identified, outlined, threatened, said, awaited, listed, stated, Believed, featured, arranged, Introduced, defined, assembled, mandates, mandated, retained, implied, committed, Earmarked, designed, granted, involved, laid, Were, needed, Looked, applied, Meant, made, predicted, estimate, expected, anticipated, estimated.
  • Verb, past participle
    suggested, COSTED, formulated, calculated, stopped, incorporated, faced, guaranteed, authorized, Indicated, envisioned, assumed, sanctioned, measured, described, considered, charged, stored, announced, approved, advertised, proscribed, Constructed, tailored, designated, Assessed, reinforced, Compared, reflected, understood, encrypted, allocated, Challenged, located, organised, Issued, promised, perceived, Cited, Offered, appropriated, articulated, referenced, contracted, encouraged, quantified, Drafted, supposed, derived, identified, presumed, valued, Excluded, instructed, posted, outlined, elaborated, Followed, Created, Comprised, addressed, Tasked, Deduced, Afforded, Declined, secured, Slated, prepared, Awarded, awards, invested, Termed, listed, cleared, stated, Inserted, Believed, Accorded, recognized, destined, determined, labelled, figured, regulated, ensured, grown, increased, Performed, taught, Enacted, tabled, chosen, agreed, arranged, Mentioned, Introduced, Convened, esteemed, Achieved, revised, Delivered, conceived, defined, accomplished, Enshrined, entitled, completed, mandated, governed, Entailed, Screened, known, opened, Explained, Summoned, reserved, evidenced, presented, pledged, styled, Devised, permitted, left, placed, directed, contacted, thrown, Viewed, Urged, implied, Undertaken, decided, expressed, committed, invited, Deemed, handled, Entered, Earmarked, phoned, designed, embodied, fixed, felt, used, sought, marked, detailed, dedicated, granted, trimmed, involved, held, timed, Launched, laid, Been, called, drawn, devoted, Fitted, Displayed, pursued, Planed, Passed, bound, Dealt, divided, Appealed, needed, Asked, Dubbed, conducted, found, built, based, embedded, booked, Brought, Meant, wanted, funded, Got, made, named, projected, predicted, expected, anticipated, estimated.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM, expect, estimate, predict.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    predicts, estimates.
  • Verb, base form
    concerning, lay, expect, estimate, expected, predict, forestall.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    projected, expected, anticipated, estimated, foresight.
  • Proper noun, singular
    predictions, projected, projection, projections, anticipated, outlooks, foresight, prediction, foreseen, weather.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    anticipation, predictability, prevision, projected, predictor, projection, Predicting, anticipated, contemplation, foresight, forethought, prediction, foreseen, speculation, weather.
  • Verb, past tense
    Prophesied, Rated, figured, foresaw, projected, projection.
  • Verb, past participle
    Rated, foreseen.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    foresee, foresaw, foresight.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    projects, prediction.
  • Verb, base form
    foresee, foretell, projected, accomodate, envision.

Antonyms for Forecast:

• n.

  • prediction, often of weather or business
    ignorance, thoughtlessness, hindsight.
  • Other antonyms:
    fear, recall, remember, dread, despair of, distrust, recollect.

• v.

  • predict, guess
    begin, misunderstand, start, doubt.

Forecast Sentence Examples:

• If it be a forecast of material progress, it is rendered worthless by the obvious consideration that if we knew what the future will do, we would do it ourselves.

• Only time can prove whether your forecast is correct, the Pontiff soothed her, but are you justified even in being resentful?

Hypernym for Forecast:

• n.

  • communication
    weather outlook, financial forecast, weather forecast.

Hyponym for Forecast:

• n.

  • communication
    forecasting, prediction, prognostication, foretelling.

• v.

  • communication
    forebode, foretell, prognosticate, call, promise, anticipate, predict.