'Prophetic' definitions:
Definition of 'prophetic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" [syn: prophetic, prophetical] [ant: unprophetic]
Definition of 'Prophetic'
From: GCIDE
- Prophetic \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. [1913 Webster]
- And fears are oft prophetic of the event. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prophetic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apocalyptic,
- apostolic,
- augural,
- auguring,
- Biblical,
- canonical,
- divinatory,
- evangelic,
- evangelistic,
- fatidic,
- forecasting,
- foreseeing,
- foretelling,
- forewarning,
- fortunetelling,
- Gospel,
- gospel,
- haruspical,
- inspired,
- interpretive,
- mantic,
- Mosaic,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- New-Testament,
- Old-Testament,
- oracular,
- predictional,
- predictive,
- predictory,
- prefigurative,
- prefiguring,
- presageful,
- presaging,
- prescient,
- presignificative,
- presignifying,
- prognostic,
- prognosticative,
- revealed,
- revelational,
- revelatory,
- scriptural,
- sibyllic,
- sibylline,
- strange,
- textual,
- textuary,
- theopneustic,
- unexplainable,
- vaticinal,
- vaticinatory,
- weather-wise