prophetical
Seeing what comes
Prophetical means the same as prophetic—relating to prophecy or having the character of prediction.
The longer form appears in older texts and formal religious contexts: The prophetical books of the Old Testament.
In contemporary usage, prophetic has largely displaced it.
Authoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
auspices · sibyl · scrying · prognostication · necromancy · astrology · geomancy · pyromancy
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
- mysticSeeker of sacred truth
revelation · inspiration · foresight · insight · vision · enlightenment · wisdom · prescient
Forecast of coming events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- presageIndicate beforehand
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
portent · forewarning · premonition · precognition · prognostication · augury · omen · foreknowledge
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- fatefulDetermining future outcomes
ill-omened · inauspicious · premonitory · baleful · threatening · dark · grim · sinister
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- soothsayingForetelling future events
omens · auspices · sibyl · scrying · prognostication · necromancy · astrology · geomancy · pyromancy · runes
seer
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
mystic · revelation · inspiration · foresight · insight · vision · enlightenment · wisdom · prescient · revelatory
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- presageIndicate beforehand
harbinger · portent · forewarning · premonition · precognition · prognostication · augury · omen · foreknowledge · anticipation
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- direExtremely serious or urgent
fateful · ill-omened · inauspicious · premonitory · baleful · threatening · dark · grim · sinister · menacing
propheticalretrospective
Reviewing what came before
historical · backward-looking · after-the-fact · commemorative · nostalgic
propheticalshortsighted
Unable to see ahead
myopic · oblivious · blind · unvisionary · unaware
- prophetic visionForeknowledge of future events
- prophetic dreamSleep vision predicting events
- prophetic warningForetold caution about future
- prophetic voiceUtterance foretelling future events
- prophetic insightForeknowledge of future events
- prophetic signsIndicators foretelling future events