Synonyms for prophetic
prəˈfɛt ɪkprophet·ic

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1. prophetic

   Synonyms:
   predictive, ominous, portentous, premonitory, fatidical, oracular, sibylline

   Antonyms:
   historic, narrative, chronicled, recorded, recitative, commemorative

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1. prophetic, propheticaladjective

   foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

   "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

   Synonyms:
   prophetical

   Antonyms:
   unpredictive, nonprognosticative, unprophetic

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1. propheticadjective

   Synonyms:
   predictive, foretelling, predicting

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1. propheticadjective

   Synonyms:
   prognostic, predictive, fatidical, oracular, divinatory, vaticinal

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How to use prophetic in a sentence?

1. Joel Taylor:

   In the battle for his life, the global church community rose up like a mighty army and joined us in prayer and worship all over the world, our son was miraculously healed and today is perfectly healthy. For us, Victory has become a declaration of truth over hopelessness, a prophetic statement in the storm of adversity, and a battle-cry when facing the impossible. The battle belongs to our God, and our God is victorious!

2. Larry Kramer:

   I told you so to the community who had so violently refused his novel...which turned out to be prophetic.

3. Simon Wiesenthal:

   When people believe in Jesus and hold on to the truth, God will support them. This was the purpose of citing the prophetic tradition, in the context of the full sermon, it becomes clear that the theme of the sermon was against oppression, and not against Jews or any religion.

4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   my mentoring with bob marley was both detailed and expansive. he was willing to learn, so I showed him a lot- the reasoning-yu a go tired fi si mi face, you kaan get mi outta di race- was one of many prophetic reggae and rastafari vision which he put in a song. today, his face is everywhere. I am ras cardo who created reggae and the music in my 1962 back yard. I own the copyrights for reggae creation and others.library of congress has the proof.

5. The Argentine pope:

   You just can’t say that, just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists. We have our share of them (fundamentalists). All religions have these little groups, they (Muslims) say: ‘No, we are not this, the Koran is a book of peace, it is a prophetic book of peace'.