prophetic
prophetic
adjectiveDefinition 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
Variants of PROPHETIC
prophetic also prophetical
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