PROPHETIC Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

prophetic

adjective

prə-ˈfe-tik

variants also prophetical

as in predictive

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

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Recent Examples of prophetic Another prophetic comment from Verstappen came a year earlier. —

Luke Smith, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Rushen’s Sunday in Monterey made Lyons look prophetic. —

Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2026 The Comeback has always seemed timely, if not prophetic. —

Jada Yuan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 Epiphanies arrive in the form of common sense, while the obvious is described in prophetic terms. —

Reed Jackson, SPIN, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prophetic

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predictive

Adjective

The new Mass General Brigham study adds important evidence about the predictive potential of these kinds of blood tests.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
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