Synonyms for divination
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Augury
2. Prophecy
prophecy, precognition, foreknowledge, prescience, foresight
3. Sorcery
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
- n. 2
The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
- n. 3
An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.
Related words
- Word family
- divine divinatory
- Phrases
- dice divination
Forms
- Plural
- divinations → auguries, foretellings, soothsayings, prophecies…
Example sentences
- augury Augury is divination based on the behavior of birds.
- prophecy "It's not my job" is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- precognition Tom believes in precognition.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| divination | rising | |
| foretelling | rising | |
| augury | falling | |
| soothsaying | rising | |
| prophecy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- magic2
- 6 letters
- augury
- 7 letters
- sorcery3
- 8 letters
- prophecy3, divining3
- 9 letters
- foresight2
- 10 letters
- witchcraft2, necromancy4, prescience3
- 11 letters
- foretelling3, soothsaying
- 12 letters
- precognition
- 13 letters
- foreknowledge
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (magic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- divination
- Italiano
- divinazione
- Español
- adivinación