prophetic

prophetic

adjective

Definition of PROPHETIC

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>

Synonyms predictive

Related Words apocalyptic (also apocalyptical), millenarian; baleful, dire, foreboding, menacing, portentous, sinister, threatening; inauspicious, unpromising; oracular; revelatory, telling

Near Antonyms auspicious, promising, propitious, rosy

Variants of PROPHETIC

prophetic also prophetical