PREDICTIVE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

predictive

adjective

pri-ˈdik-tiv

as in prophetic

being a sign of a later course of events unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression

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Recent Examples of predictive Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive. —

Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Preparing for potential disease outbreaks involves increasing global disease surveillance, using predictive models to determine which pathogens should be a research priority and creating action plans for when potential outbreaks are detected. —

K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026 The authors, from the University of California Transportation Center, were looking to see if surrounding environment was predictive of violence at bus stops. —

Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 From the design and engineering of passenger coaches to the precision of locomotive overhauls, digital twin technology enables predictive maintenance and performance optimization, ensuring safer and more efficient travel. —

Tobias Bauer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for predictive

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That album title became prophetic as BINI continued to gain more wins year after year.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
Bateman shared these claims with other members who had spent their lives being taught to obey prophetic authority.

— Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026