Synonyms of divines

divines 1 of 2

noun

plural of divine

as in priests

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

• priests
• preachers
• clergymen
• clerics
• ministers
• bishops
• ecclesiastics
• pastors
• deacons
• reverends
• clericals
• prelates
• clerks
• fathers
• chaplains
• churchmen
• popes
• priestesses
• missionaries
• clergypersons
• archbishops
• dominies
• monks
• parsons
• abbots
• presbyters
• vicars
• deaconesses
• rectors
• deans
• religious
• curés
• padres
• confessors
• clergywomen
• friars
• curates
• evangelists
• revivalists
• missioners
• shepherds
• diocesans
• mendicants
• Holy Joes
• abbés
• archpriests
• monsignors
• oblates
• monastics
• sky pilots
• high priests
• missionizers
• high priestesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laymen
• laypeople
• seculars
• lay readers
• lectors

divines

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of divine

as in anticipates

to realize or know about beforehand

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anticipates
• foresees
• predicts
• foreknows
• fears
• previsions
• prophesies
• forefeels
• cautions
• foretells
• perceives
• presages
• augurs
• forecasts
• foreshadows
• envisions
• prognosticates
• visualizes
• envisages
• dreads
• prefigures
• alerts
• discerns
• apprehends
• forewarns
• previews
• foretokens
• descries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divines

Noun

Kropschot divines melodies in lines like a composer eking out a score. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2025