oracular

1. 1.

   of or relating to an oracle

   “able by oracular means to expose a witch”
2. 2.

   obscurely prophetic

   “Delphic pronouncements”

   “an oracular message”

   SynonymsDelphic

   Similarprophetic
3. 3.

   resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

   “the oracular sayings of Victorian poets”

   “so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it”

   “an enigmatic smile”

   Synonymsenigmatic

   Similarambiguous

Questions about oracular

What does oracular mean?

oracular means "of or relating to an oracle". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oracular?

oracular has 4 syllables: o-ra-cu-lar. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for oracular?

Close synonyms include Delphic, enigmatic. 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 oracular a common word?

oracular 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.