prophetic /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/ adjective3 •Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.[Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle! — 1599 •Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.Despite his intention, his work had the effect of revealing the mythological, prophetic, and utopian sense of Marxism which had eluded Marx's more scientistic followers. — 1978 •Predicted, as by a prophecy.And fears are oft prophetic of the event. — 1717