ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

y a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy † ; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy † ; by
precious stones, Lithomancy † ; by pebbles, Pessomancy † ; by pebbles drawn from a heap,
Psephomancy † ; by mirrors, Catoptromancy † ; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy † ; by
dreams, Oneiromancy † ; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's
rays, Onychomancy † ; by finger rings, Dactylomancy † ; by numbers, Arithmancy † ; by
drawing lots, Sortilege † ; by passages in books, Stichomancy † ; by the letters forming the
name of the person, Onomancy † , Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy † ; by the
mode of laughing, Geloscopy † ; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy † ; by walking in a circle,
Gyromancy † ; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy † ; by currents, Bletonism;
by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy † .
512. Omen -- N. omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign &c
(indication) 550; harbinger &c (precursor) 64; yule candle † .
bird of ill omen; signs of the times; gathering clouds; warning &c 668.
prefigurement &c 511.
Adj. ill-boding.
Phr. auspicium melioris aevi [Lat.].
513. Oracle -- N. oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller,
crystal gazer † , witch, geomancer † , aruspex † ; aruspice † , haruspice † ; haruspex; astrologer,
star gazer † ; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness † ; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor,
Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra † , Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer &c 994;
interpreter, &c 524.
[person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, prognosticator,
forecaster; weather forecaster, weatherman.
Phr. a prophet is without honor in his own country; you don't need a weatherman to
know which way the wind blows [Bob Dylan].
SECTION VII.
CREATIVE THOUGHT
514. Supposition -- N. supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation,
condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum [Lat.],
theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal &c (plan) 626; presumption
&c (belief) 484; divination.
conjecture; guess, guesswork, speculation; rough guess, shot, shot in the dark [Coll.];
conjecturality † ; surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion; estimate, approximation
(nearness) 197.
inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression; bare supposition, vague
supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion.
association of ideas, (analogy) 514.1; metonym [Gramm.], metonymy [Gramm.],
simile (metaphor) 521.
conceit, idea, thought; original idea, invention (imagination) 515.
V. suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise † ,
presuppose; assume, fancy, wis † , take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it
into one's head, take for granted; imagine &c 515.