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The synonyms of “Prophetic” are: prophetical, predictive, visionary, prescient, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “prophetic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
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