prophecy

1. 1.

   knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

   Synonymsprognosticationvaticination

   Broaderprediction

   Narrowercrystal gazingdivination
2. 2.

   a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

   Synonymsdivination

   Broaderprediction

   Narroweroracle

Other forms of prophecy

plural

prophecies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prophecy

What does prophecy mean?

prophecy means "knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prophecy?

prophecy has 3 syllables: pro-phe-cy. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑfəsi/.

What is another word for prophecy?

Close synonyms include prognostication, vaticination, divination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prophecy a common word?

prophecy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.