Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun divination

3 senses of divination

Sense 1
divination -- (successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck)
       => guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis -- (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)

Sense 2
prophecy, divination -- (a prediction uttered under divine inspiration)
       => prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication -- (a statement made about the future)

Sense 3
divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling -- (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)
       => prophecy, prognostication, vaticination -- (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))

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