Meaning of prophetic in English
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Pronunciation
/prəˈfɛdɪk/US accent
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propheticEtymology
late 15th century: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos‘predicting’ (see prophet)Definitions
1. foretelling events as if by supernatural interventionExamples
- « prophetic writings »
- « prophetic powers »
- « words that proved prophetic »
Synonyms
- adumbrative
- foreshadowing
- prefigurative
- apocalyptic
- apocalyptical
- revelatory
- clairvoyant
- precognitive
- second-sighted
- Delphic
- oracular
- divinatory
- mantic
- sibylline
- sibyllic
- vatic
- vatical
- fateful
- foreboding(a)
- portentous
- predictive
- prognostic
- prognosticative
- precursory
- premonitory
Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. » Lord Byron
- « When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic. » Jean Rostand