Antonyms of adj oracular

2 of 3 senses of oracular

Sense 2
Delphic, oracular -- (obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message")

INDIRECT (VIA prophetic) -> unprophetic -- (not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly)

Sense 3
enigmatic, oracular -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA ambiguous) -> unambiguous -- (having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa)

Similarity of adj oracular

3 senses of oracular

Sense 1
oracular -- (of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch")

Sense 2
Delphic, oracular -- (obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message")
       => prophetic (vs. unprophetic), prophetical -- (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic")

Sense 3
enigmatic, oracular -- (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")
       => ambiguous (vs. unambiguous) -- (having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy")

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