divinatory

Questions about divinatory

What does divinatory mean?

divinatory means "resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divinatory?

divinatory has 5 syllables and divides as di-vi-na-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for divinatory?

Close synonyms include mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is divinatory a common word?

divinatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.