divine

1. 1.

   terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

   SynonymsGodheadLordCreatorMakerGod AlmightyAlmightyJehovah

   BroaderGod

   NarrowerTrinityhypostasis
2. 2.

   a clergyman or other person in religious orders

   Synonymsclericchurchmanecclesiastic

   Broaderclergyman

   Narrowerordainerpardonerpluralista KempisBruno

1. 1.

   perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

   Broaderperceive

   Narrowerchiromance
2. 2.

   search by divining, as if with a rod

   “He claimed he could divine underground water”

   Broadersearch

   Narrowerdowse

Other forms of divine

plural

divines·

past tense

divined·

present participle

divining·

comparative

diviner·

superlative

divinest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divine

What does divine mean?

divine means "emanating from God". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divine?

divine has 2 syllables: di-vine. The stress falls on "vine". In IPA it is /dɪˈvaɪn/.

What is another word for divine?

Close synonyms include godly, providential, godlike, godlike, elysian. 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 divine a common word?

divine is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with divine?

3 words rhyme with divine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.