predictableadjective
uk/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/us/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/B2 Something that is predictable happens in a way or at a time that you know about before it happens:
Comets appear at predictable times.
Opposite
unpredictable
disapproving happening or behaving in a way that you expect and not unusual or interesting:
The ending to the film was just so predictable.
More examples
- a predictable plot line
- The film's plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre.
- The film has a boringly predictable ending.
- He's so predictable!
- It was a fairly predictable result.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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