Definitions for: Prophetic

[adj] foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*phet"ic, Prophetical Pro*phet"ic*al, a. [L.
propheticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. proph['e]tique.]
Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events;
as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of
before the thing foretold.

And fears are oft prophetic of the event. --Dryden.

Synonyms: adumbrative, apocalyptic, apocalyptical, clairvoyant, Delphic, divinatory, fateful, foreboding(a), foreshadowing, mantic, oracular, portentous, precognitive, precursory, predictive, prefigurative, premonitory, prognostic, prognosticative, prophetical, revelatory, second-sighted, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical

Antonyms: unprophetic

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