divinatory
English Thesaurus
1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence (adj.all)
| similar | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
| definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
2. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy (adj.all)
| similar | : | prophetic, prophetical, |
| definition | : | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention (adj.all) |
3. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence (adj.all)
| derivation | : | conjecture, |
| definition | : | reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | supposal, supposition, |
| definition | : | the cognitive process of supposing (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | conjecture, speculation, |
| definition | : | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) (noun.cognition) |
4. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | sibyl, |
| definition | : | (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | sibyl, |
| definition | : | a woman who tells fortunes (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | divine, |
| definition | : | perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers (verb.perception) |
5. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence (adj.all)
| derivation | : | conjecture, |
| definition | : | reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | supposal, supposition, |
| definition | : | the cognitive process of supposing (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | conjecture, speculation, |
| definition | : | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) (noun.cognition) |
6. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | sibyl, |
| definition | : | (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | sibyl, |
| definition | : | a woman who tells fortunes (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | divine, |
| definition | : | perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers (verb.perception) |
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