Synonyms of sibylline

Adjective


1. divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical, prophetic (vs. unprophetic), prophetical

usage: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"

2. cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline, esoteric (vs. exoteric)

usage: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther

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Definition and meaning of sibylline (Dictionary)