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PROPHETIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
Example:
words that proved prophetic
Synonyms:
prophetic; prophetical
Classified under:
Similar:
adumbrative; foreshadowing; prefigurative (indistinctly prophetic)
apocalyptic; apocalyptical; revelatory (prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom)
clairvoyant; precognitive; second-sighted (foreseeing the future)
Delphic; oracular (obscurely prophetic)
divinatory; mantic; sibyllic; sibylline; vatic; vatical (resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy)
fateful; foreboding; portentous (ominously prophetic)
precursory; premonitory (warning of future misfortune)
predictive; prognostic; prognosticative (of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions)
Antonym:
unprophetic (not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly)
Derivation:
prophecy (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))
prophecy (a prediction uttered under divine inspiration)
prophet (an authoritative person who divines the future)
prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
