PROPHETICAL 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 Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like. —

Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 Rereading it now, I was chilled to find that as much as Orwell provides a prophetic guide to our times, so does Nafisi, who chronicles daily life as the Islamic revolution transforms Iran. —

Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for prophetic

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predictive

Adjective

Instead, predictive models analyze thousands of behavioral signals in milliseconds.

— Ethan Stone, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The next is making the grid intelligent enough to absorb that power at scale—flexible, predictive, and reliable.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026