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mantic
man·tic M0089900 (măn′tĭk)adj. Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
[Greek mantikos, from mantis, seer; see men- in Indo-European roots.]
man′tic·al·ly adv.mantic (ˈmæntɪk) adj1. of or relating to divination and prophecy2. having divining or prophetic powers[C19: from Greek mantikos prophetic, from mantis seer] ˈmantically advman•tic (ˈmæn tɪk)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to divination. 2. having the power of divination. [1580–90; < Greek mantikós of a soothsayer, prophetic. See mantis, -ic] man′ti•cal•ly, adv. -mantic a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy: necromantic. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  mantic - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"divinatory, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vaticalprophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" |
manticadjectiveOf or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.Translationsmantic
Synonyms for manticadj of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural meansSynonyms- augural
- divinitory
- fatidic
- fatidical
- oracular
- prophetic
- sibylline
- vatic
- vatical
- vaticinal
- visionary
Synonyms for manticadj resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecySynonyms- divinatory
- sibyllic
- sibylline
- vatic
- vatical
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