divined

Foresaw through intuition

Divined is the past tense of divine, meaning to discover something through intuition, insight, or supernatural means.

Originally tied to seeking knowledge through prophecy or omens, it now usually suggests perceiving what isn't obvious: She divined his true intentions from a single glance.

He divined where the treasure was buried.

foresaw

predicted

Declared in advance

prophesied · presaged · augured · prognosticated · foreknown · envisioned · forewarned · forecast · portended · prefigured

mystical

oracle

Authoritative wisdom source

prophecy · clairvoyance · vision · omen · portent · sibyl · shaman · medium · scryer · dowser

revealed

discovered

Found something previously unknown

detected · ascertained · determined · deduced · inferred · gleaned · unearthed · found · learned · realized

intuited

intuition

Instinctive immediate understanding

sixth sense · inner voice · sensing · discernment · inkling · feeling · perception · awareness · sensitivity · insight

Opposites
method of knowing

divinedcalculated

Figured out mathematically

measured · deduced · reasoned · computed · analyzed

certainty of knowledge

divinedverified

Confirmed as accurate

confirmed · knew · ascertained · established · proved

epistemic stance

divineddisbelieved

Deemed untrue

doubted · questioned · rejected · denied · dismissed

Phrases
Family

divine, divinity, divination, diviner, divining, divinely, divines, diviners, divinities

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