Overview of noun foretelling

The noun foretelling has 2 senses

• prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication -- (a statement made about the future)


• divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling -- (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)

Overview of verb foretell

The verb foretell has 3 senses

• announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald -- (foreshadow or presage)


• predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise -- (make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election")


• bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict -- (indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news")