English adjective: divinatory | |||
1. | divinatory resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy | ||
Samples | The high priest's divinatory pronouncement. Mantic powers. A kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions. | ||
Synonyms | mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical | ||
Similar | prophetic, prophetical | ||
Antonyms | unprophetic | ||
2. | divinatory based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | ||
Samples | Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural. The supposed reason for his absence. Suppositious reconstructions of dead languages. Hypothetical situation. | ||
Synonyms | conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious | ||
Similar | theoretic, theoretical | ||
Antonyms | empirical, empiric | ||