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Definition: Prophetic |
PropheticAdjective1. Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prophetic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonym: PropheticSynonym: prophetical (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unprophetic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Adjective: scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary. |
Prediction | Adjective: predicting;Verb: predictive, prophetic; fatidic, fatidical; vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent, haruspical, Sibylline; weatherwise. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prophetic |
| English words defined with "prophetic": adumbrative, apocalyptic, apocalyptical ♦ Delphic ♦ Fatidical, Fatiloquent, foreshadowing ♦ oracular, Osse ♦ Panomphean, Predictional, prefigurative, prevision, prophetically, Proteus, Pythonic ♦ revelatory ♦ School of the prophets, Second-sight, Sibylline books ♦ unprophetic ♦ Vaticinal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prophetic": Angels ♦ Cherry Trees and the Cuckoo ♦ Grindstone ♦ Muscle ♦ Nightmare, Nose ♦ Seventy weeks ♦ Ulysses' Bow ♦ Wailing-place, Jews' ♦ Zadkiel. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "prophetic": mantic. (references) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A sort of prophetic spirit and an odour of the future circulate in them swelling hearts and enlarging souls. |
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| "Prophetic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prophetic" is used about 162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 162 | 24,580 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "prophetic": prophetic of ♦ prophetic tradition ♦ prophetic week. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "prophetic": prophetic-dreams, prophetic-liberating. | |
Ending with "prophetic": insightful-prophetic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "prophetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نبوي, نبوئي (fatal, oracular, predictive), تنبوئي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пророчески (apocalyptic, fateful, fatidical, mantic, oracular, orphic, predictive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 预言 (foretell, foretelling, foretold, Predict, Predicted, Predicting, Prediction, Prophetical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prorocký (fatidical, oracular, prescient, prophetical, vatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | telepatisk drøm (prophetic dream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مبنی برپیشگوءی , نبوتی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | profeetallinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prophétique (predictive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | prophetisch (predictive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προφητικόσ (predictive, prophetical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ בא (predictive, predictor), ביאי, בואי (oracular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | prófétikus, jós (augur, diviner, foreboder, forecaster, fortune teller, fortune-teller, oracle, predictor, prophet, seer, soothsayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | profetico (mantic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예언 (Predicting, Prophetical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opheticpray profético (predictive, vatic). (various references) profetic (fateful, oracular, predictive, prophetically), prevestitor (augur, augural, foreboding, harbinger, ominous, portentous, precursor, premonitory). (various references) пророческий (fatidical, oracular, predictive, sibylline, vatic). (various references) dailgneachd (prophetic vision. See tairgneachd). (various references) proročki (augural, fatidical, oracular). (various references) profético (oracular, predictive, prophetical). (various references) profetisk (fatidical). (various references) peygamberce (prophetical), kehanet gibi (oracular, prophetical, Sibylline), kâhince (prophetical). (various references) пророчий (fatidic, fatidical, oracular, oraculous, precursive, precursory, predictive, prognostic, prophetical, vatic, vatical). (various references) tiên tri (foreboding, prescient, prophetical), đoán trước (beforehand, previsional, prognosticative, prognosticatory, prophetical). (various references) proffwydol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | praesagus, provide, providi, pythonicus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "prophetic": prophetical, prophetically. (additional references) | |
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"Prophetic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Profetas, profetic, profitic, propheta, prophtic, pyrophoric. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prophetic" (pronounced prufe"tik) |
| 4 | -e" t i k | acetic, aesthetic, alphabetic, anesthetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, cosmetic, diabetic, diamagnetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, epigenetic, ferromagnetic, frenetic, genetic, geomagnetic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, kinesthetic, kinetic, magnetic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, poetic, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic, unapologetic, unsympathetic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, agnostic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apocalyptic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, didactic, diplomatic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, futuristic, galactic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, humanistic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, parasitic, paternalistic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, pessimistic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophylactic, prostatic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, symptomatic, synergistic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-o-p-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: choppier. | |
-2 letters: chipper, chopper, croppie, hoppier, pitcher, potiche, prophet, trophic. | |
-3 letters: ceriph, cipher, cither, coheir, copier, copper, copter, ephori, erotic, hector, heriot, heroic, hipper, hopper, ophite, orphic, peptic, photic, poetic, pother, potpie, protei, rochet, rotche, thoric, thorpe, thrice, tipper, tocher, topper, troche, tropic. | |
-4 letters: chert, chiro, chirp, choir, chore, citer, coper, crept, cripe, ephor. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-o-p-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: coppersmith, photocopier, prophetical. | |
+3 letters: coppersmiths, hypertrophic, nephropathic, petrographic, photocopiers, photospheric, picturephone, tropospheric. | |
+4 letters: copartnership, hypermetropic, inspectorship, photoperiodic, phreatophytic, pictographies, picturephones, precentorship, preceptorship, prophetically, protectorship, spectatorship. | |
+5 letters: computerphobia, computerphobic, copartnerships, cryptographies, cyproheptadine, inspectorships, parthenocarpic, petrographical, photoreception, photoreceptive, pithecanthropi, precentorships, preceptorships, protectorships, pyelonephritic, spectatorships, spectrographic, spermatophytic, spinthariscope. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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