prefigurative

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   indistinctly prophetic

   Synonymsadumbrativeforeshadowing

   Similarprophetic

Questions about prefigurative

What does prefigurative mean?

prefigurative means "indistinctly prophetic".

How many syllables are in prefigurative?

prefigurative has 5 syllables: pre-fi-gu-ra-tive. The stress falls on "gu".

What is another word for prefigurative?

Close synonyms include adumbrative, foreshadowing. 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 prefigurative a common word?

prefigurative 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.