prognostic

Meaning

Adj

Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.

Noun

1. (rare) prognosis
2. A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
3. A prediction of the future.
4. One who predicts the future.

Synonyms

omen

presage

predictive

prognostication

portent

foretelling

foretoken

prognostical

prodigy

prognosticative

anticipation

prediction

previsional

prognosis

foreshowing

prefigurement

prejudge

divination

fateful

forecast

forecasting

precursor

prefiguration

adumbrative

prescient

prophecy

prophetical

sign

Translations

pronostic

prognóstico

pronóstico

alâmet

kehanet

belirti

οιωνός

prognostisch

pronostique

voorteken

premonició

προμήνυμα

σημείο

augure

προγωνικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪk/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prognosticus, from Ancient Greek προγνωστικός (prognōstikós, “foreknowing”), from πρό (pró) + γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “of or for knowing, good at knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to learn to know, to perceive, to mark, to learn”).