Synonyms of divined

divined

verb

past tense of divine

as in anticipated

to realize or know about beforehand

it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anticipated
• foresaw
• predicted
• feared
• foretold
• foreknew
• foreshadowed
• visualized
• presaged
• prophesied
• previsioned
• envisioned
• perceived
• alerted
• prognosticated
• prefigured
• envisaged
• augured
• forecast
• cautioned
• forefelt
• forewarned
• discerned
• dreaded
• previewed
• apprehended
• foretokened
• descried

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divined

In Istanbul, grounds brewed in long copper cezves are read to you, like a fortune divined in a cup. — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Ultimately, though, Saijo divined the phenomenology of the pursuit. — Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

My lack of tact and legibility is divined. — Morgan Parker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

For no other game will there be as much divined as there is after the first one, which accounts for just more than one half of 1% of the Major League Baseball season. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

The internet is full of polls that have divined, by soliciting votes from film critics and filmmakers, what are ostensibly the greatest movies of all time. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026

The Etruscan civilization 2,400 years ago in ancient Italy, experts say, believed the future could be divined using chickens, which were said to embody magical qualities. — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025

That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined. — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025