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Synonyms for revelatory

  • adjective

Most common

suggestive significative indicatory apocalyptic prophetic revealing illuminating

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Suggestive

suggestive, indicative, significative, indicatory

2. Prophetic — prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic

prophetic, apocalyptic, apocalyptical

3. Revealing — of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation

revealing, revelative

Other

illuminating

Antonyms

unrevelatory, unrevealing

All antonyms of revelatory →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation.

  2. adj. 2

    Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.

Related words

Word family
revealingness revelation revelator revelatoriness

Example sentences

  • suggestive Her looks were suggestive of anxiety.
  • apocalyptic He described the current situation as apocalyptic.
  • prophetic Tom has a prophetic level of paranoid intuition.
  • revealing She complained that the picture was too revealing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
revelatoryrising
suggestivesteady
significativesteady
indicatoryfalling
apocalypticrising
propheticrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters
revealing3, prophetic3
10 letters
indicative4, suggestive3, indicatory, revelative
11 letters
apocalyptic5
12 letters
illuminating5
13 letters
significative, apocalyptical

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (revealing3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
révélateur
Italiano
rivelatore
Deutsch
aufschlussreich