PROPHETIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PROPHETIC?

Need another word that means the same as “prophetic”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “prophetic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Prophetic” are: prophetical, predictive, visionary, prescient, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired

Prophetic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Prophetic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “prophetic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention.
• Accurately predicting what will happen in the future.
• Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.

Synonyms of "Prophetic" as an adjective (12 Words)

apocalyptic	Of or relating to an apocalypse. Apocalyptic imagery.
divinatory	Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods. The high priest s divinatory pronouncement.
fateful	Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined. A fateful oversight.
inspired	Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods. Inspired air must be humidified.
oracular	(of an utterance, advice, etc.) hard to interpret; enigmatic. An ambiguous oracular remark.
predictive	Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions. Rules are not predictive of behaviour.
prescient	Perceiving the significance of events before they occur. A prescient warning.
prognostic	Relating to or serving to predict the likely course of a medical condition. The prognostic importance of the antibody.
prophetical	Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention.
revelatory	Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom. A revelatory experience.
sibylline	Relating to or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic and mysterious. His fascinating if sometimes sibylline meditations on the nation.
visionary	Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom. A visionary leader.

Usage Examples of "Prophetic" as an adjective

• Prophetic powers.
• Words that proved prophetic.
• His warnings proved prophetic.
• The prophetic books of the Old Testament.
• Prophetic writings.

Associations of "Prophetic" (30 Words)

astrology	A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon.
augur	Portend or bode (a specified outcome. The end of the cold war seemed to augur well.
augury	An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. He hoped it was an augury.
bode	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. The 12 per cent interest rate bodes dark days ahead for retailers.
boding	A feeling of evil to come. A steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
clairvoyant	Someone who has the power of clairvoyance. She has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well.
fateful	Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. That fateful meeting of the U N when it declared war on North Korea.
foreboding	Implying that something bad is going to happen. When the Doctor spoke his voice was dark and foreboding.
foreshadow	Be a warning or indication of (a future event. Other new measures are foreshadowed in the White Paper.
foretell	Make a prediction about; tell in advance. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne.
harbinger	Foreshadow or presage. Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring.
omen	Indicate as with a sign or an omen. A rise in imports might be an omen of recovery.
ominous	Presaging ill fortune- P.B.Shelley. A dead and ominous silence prevailed.
oracular	Obscurely prophetic. He holds forth in oracular fashion.
portend	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. The eclipses portend some major events.
precursory	Warning of future misfortune. Precursory seismic activity.
predict	Make a prediction about tell in advance. It is too early to predict a result.
prediction	The action of predicting something. A prediction that economic growth would resume.
predictive	Denoting or relating to a system for using data already stored in a computer or mobile phone to generate the letters or words a user is likely to enter next, on the basis of those that have already been entered. Rules are not predictive of behaviour.
prefigure	Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. The Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation.
premonition	A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant. He had a premonition of imminent disaster.
premonitory	Warning of future misfortune.
presage	An omen or portent. He had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live.
presentiment	An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding. A presentiment of disaster.
prognosticate	Make a prediction about; tell in advance. The economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
prognostication	Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source. An unprecedented amount of soul searching and prognostication.
seer	A person who sees something specified. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne.
sign	Communicate in sign language. The theatre routinely puts on signed performances.
threatening	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. His threatening behavior.
unfortunate	Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune. The delay at the airport was an unfortunate start to our holiday.