Synonyms of divine

divine 1 of 3

adjective

də-ˈvīn 

1

as in wonderful

of the very best kind

how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wonderful
• excellent
• lovely
• great
• awesome
• beautiful
• terrific
• fabulous
• superb
• fantastic
• stellar
• prime
• marvelous
• heavenly
• fine
• hot
• quality
• classic
• famous
• supernal
• sensational
• superior
• neat
• splendid
• cool
• superlative
• immense
• grand
• noble
• exceptional
• brave
• first-class
• good
• top
• slick
• righteous
• par excellence
• peachy
• choice
• unsurpassed
• first-rate
• topping
• capital
• too much
• cracking
• high-class
• out of this world
• banner
• prize
• groovy
• fab
• sterling
• radical
• swell
• top-shelf
• dandy
• dynamite
• mean
• top-notch
• frontline
• blue-ribbon
• number one
• boss
• nifty
• topflight
• first-string
• keen
• crackerjack
• wizard
• fantabulous
• bumper
• out-of-sight
• blue-chip
• dope
• special
• primo
• gone
• decent
• better
• A1
• bully
• adequate
• peachy keen
• tip-top
• top-of-the-line
• corking
• satisfactory
• bang-up
• numero uno
• hype
• down
• prizewinning
• acceptable
• phat
• gilt-edged
• five-star
• bonny
• classical
• gangbusters
• boffo
• brag
• traditional
• A-OK
• four-star
• jim-dandy
• all right
• tolerable
• fancy
• passable
• OK
• premium
• high-grade
• standard
• select
• high-test
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• terrible
• awful
• vile
• wretched
• pathetic
• atrocious
• rotten
• lousy
• inferior
• bad
• unsatisfactory
• execrable
• substandard
• low-grade
• mediocre
• second-class
• middling
• second-rate

2

as in heavenly

of, relating to, or being God

for these divine gifts let us be truly thankful

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavenly
• holy
• sacred
• blessed
• eternal
• godlike
• supernatural
• godly
• immortal
• supreme
• everlasting
• omnipotent
• omniscient
• almighty
• all-powerful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• human
• natural
• mortal

divine

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noun

as in priest

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church

the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priest
• preacher
• minister
• clerical
• reverend
• cleric
• bishop
• clergyman
• ecclesiastic
• deacon
• pastor
• father
• dominie
• chaplain
• prelate
• priestess
• clergyperson
• clerk
• pope
• archbishop
• missionary
• monk
• religious
• churchman
• diocesan
• abbot
• Holy Joe
• vicar
• padre
• parson
• shepherd
• deaconess
• curé
• presbyter
• dean
• abbé
• confessor
• curate
• rector
• evangelist
• monastic
• friar
• sky pilot
• revivalist
• monsignor
• mendicant
• clergywoman
• high priestess
• missioner
• archpriest
• high priest
• oblate
• missionizer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• layman
• secular
• layperson
• lay reader
• lector

divine

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verb

as in to anticipate

to realize or know about beforehand

it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anticipate
• foresee
• predict
• fear
• prevision
• foreknow
• forefeel
• prophesy
• foretell
• presage
• perceive
• visualize
• forecast
• envision
• foreshadow
• prognosticate
• envisage
• dread
• alert
• prefigure
• foretoken
• caution
• augur
• discern
• forewarn
• apprehend
• preview
• descry

Synonym Chooser

How is the word divine different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of divine are anticipate, foreknow, and foresee. While all these words mean "to know beforehand," divine adds to foresee the suggestion of exceptional wisdom or discernment.

was able to divine Europe's rapid recovery from the war

When could anticipate be used to replace divine?

Although the words anticipate and divine have much in common, anticipate implies taking action about or responding emotionally to something before it happens.

the waiter anticipated our every need

When might foreknow be a better fit than divine?

The synonyms foreknow and divine are sometimes interchangeable, but foreknow usually implies supernatural assistance, as through revelation.

if only we could foreknow our own destinies

When can foresee be used instead of divine?

While the synonyms foresee and divine are close in meaning, foresee implies nothing about how the knowledge is derived and may apply to ordinary reasoning and experience.

economists should have foreseen the recession

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divine

Adjective

Early Mormon teaching also interpreted plural marriage as fulfilling a divine decree to increase the population. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

While church membership craters and public trust in our institutions is at an all-time low, these individual psychedelic experiences are being taken as divine revelations. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Noun

Some interpreters contend that the many gods are manifestations of the singular transcendent divine. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

The Saint Francis of Assisi painted in 1636 by Francisco de Zurbarán is in this sense a kind of periscope on the divine. — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Verb

Habermas shares Horkheimer and Adorno’s doubts about such a scheme, which puts too much faith in individuals’ ability to divine truth on their own. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

According to Esteve Umbert, one of the architects, Guadì also left geometric clues to help with construction, such as a hyperbolic paraboloid used to divine the shape of a church spire. — Seth Doane, CBS News, 7 June 2026