prophesy

1. 1.

   predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

   Synonymsvaticinate

   Broaderpredict

   Narrowervaticinateenlighten
2. 2.

   deliver a sermon

   “The minister is not preaching this Sunday”

   Synonymspreach

   Broaderlecture

   Narrowerevangelize

Other forms of prophesy

past tense or participle

prophesied

present participle

prophesying·

third person

prophesies·

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 prophesy

What does prophesy mean?

prophesy means "predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prophesy?

prophesy has 3 syllables: pro-phe-sy. The stress falls on "pro".

What is another word for prophesy?

Close synonyms include vaticinate, preach. 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 prophesy a common word?

prophesy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.