Word Type

Noun

The word "divination" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Defined As

magical art of discovering unknown

Derived Terms

dice divination runic divination star divination

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

conjecture forecasting foretelling guess hypothesis prediction prognostication prophecy speculation supposition surmisal surmise vaticination

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

aeromancy ailuromancy alectoromancy alectryomancy aleuromancy alomancy alphitomancy amniomancy anemoscopy anthropomancy anthroposcopy apantomancy arachnomancy ariolation armomancy aruspicina astragalomancy astragyromancy astrology astromancy astroscopy augury austromancy axinomancy belomancy bibliomancy botanomancy brontoscopy cabala capnomancy cartomancy catoptromancy causimomancy cephalomancy ceraunoscopy ceromancy chaomancy chartomancy cheiromancy chirognomy chiromancy chronomancy cledonomancy cleidomancy cleromancy coscinomancy craniognomy crithomancy critomancy cromniomancy crystallomancy cyclomancy dactyliomancy dactylomancy daphnomancy demonomancy dendromancy deuteroscopy dowsing enoptromancy entomomancy extispicy felidomancy floriography galvanoscopy gastromancy geloscopy gematria genethlialogy geomancy graphology gyromancy halomancy haruspication haruspicy hepatoscopy hieromancy hieroscopy hippomancy horoscopy hydromancy ichthyomancy idolomancy iridology isopsephy kabbalah labiomancy lampadomancy lecanomancy libanomancy lithomancy logarithmancy logomancy lots macharomancy maculomancy margaritomancy metagnomy meteoromancy metopomancy metoposcopy moleosophy molybdomancy myomancy myrmomancy necromancy necyomancy nephomancy nigromancy notarikon numerology oinomancy omoplatoscopy omphalomancy oneiromancy oneiroscopy onomancy onomomancy onychomancy ophiomancy organoscopy ornithomancy osteomancy palm reading palmistry pedomancy pegomancy phrenology physiognomy psychomancy pyromancy qabalah radiesthesia rhabdomancy rhapsodomancy rumpology scapulimancy scapulomancy scatomancy sciomancy scrying selenomancy sideromancy sortilege spatulamancy spodomancy stichomancy tasseography tasseomancy technical analysis technomancy tephramancy theomancy water witching xylomancy ydromancy zoomancy

Type Of (IsA)

guess human activity paranormal event prophecy unnatural thing

Related Terms

Methods of divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia divinatory divine predivination

Related Terms

divine divining foreseeing foretelling predivination preternatural

Synonym Network

prophecy

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.