PROPHETIC Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

prophetic

adjective

prə-ˈfe-tik

variants also prophetical

Definition of prophetic

as in predictive

being a sign of a later course of events in retrospect, those lower-than-expected sales numbers were a prophetic indicator of the financial trouble the company would soon be in

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Recent Examples of prophetic The yodel, as all forms of prophetic writing, lives in the threshold. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 With England’s subsequent very real campaign at South Korea/Japan ’02 drawing several parallels, the film proved to be strangely prophetic. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026 Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 The conservative talk-show host Tucker Carlson, who counted Kirk as a spiritual adviser, struck a prophetic note, comparing Kirk’s death to the Crucifixion. — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for prophetic

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predictive

Adjective

Commercial predictive policing technologies (which have largely been brought under ShotSpotter’s parent company SoundThinking’s umbrella) do little more than ratchet up racist overpolicing and offer bad predictions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Grip strength, for example, is predictive of many different things, but it can be affected by arthritis, stroke or even simply not conditioning those muscles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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