Synonyms for prophetic
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Apocalyptic
apocalyptic, oracular, portentous, prescient, predictive, revelatory, ominous, prognostic, premonitory, prognosticative
Other
divinatory, precognitive, sibylline, mantic, prefigurative, sibyllic, vaticinal, prophetical, panomphean dated US, panomphaean UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.
Related words
- Phrases
- prophetic year
Example sentences
- apocalyptic He described the current situation as apocalyptic.
- prescient The film was alarmingly prescient about political polarization.
- oracular Those oracular Chinese proverbs were confusing for the students.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prophetic | rising | |
| apocalyptic | rising | |
| prescient | rising | |
| portentous | steady | |
| oracular | rising | |
| precognitive | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- mantic
- 7 letters
- ominous3
- 8 letters
- oracular, sibyllic
- 9 letters
- prescient3, sibylline, vaticinal
- 10 letters
- predictive3, prognostic, revelatory5, portentous3, divinatory, panomphean
- 11 letters
- apocalyptic5, premonitory5, prophetical, panomphaean
- 12 letters
- precognitive
- 13 letters
- prefigurative
- 15 letters
- prognosticative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ominous3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prophétique
- Italiano
- profetico