diviner
3
9.9
- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪnər/
:
adivino
- The diviner predicted that a great change was coming to her community.
- healers and diviners
- sorcerers and diviners
- priests and diviners
Examples
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In the end, the diviner advises the client to follow the solution recommended in the verse.
Academic text (2008) -
Your parents had seen a diviner on many previous occasions concerning your health and welfare.
Academic text (1990) -
To know the reasons, they will also need a diviner to explain them.
Academic text (1995) -
You know, this spot... is exactly as the Sand Diviner described it.
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Everything the Sand Diviner said has come true.
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The substances placed on the rim would have enhanced the diviner's extraordinary vision.
Academic text (1999) -
The mpanazary, a mediator between God and humans, was a diviner who possessed supernatural powers and ultimate authority.
Academic text (1994) -
The Komo becomes a diviner, a messenger of Kle, and a protector for the community.
Academic text (2008) -
Inyangas and sangomas, traditional healers and diviners, also have such knowledge.
Academic text (1996) -
Most of these verses were pronounced by the diviner in terse yet poetic phrasing.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
208
7.3
A person who says they can know things beyond normal senses, like predicting the future
39
5.1
A person who predicts the future and warns others
23
8.0
A person who says they can see the future
16
3.5
A person who claims to tell the future using cards or palm reading
15
7.9
A person who says the Sun, Moon, and planets show your future
9
9.9
A person who says they can tell the future
9
9.5
A person who says they can see events before they happen
4
6.5
A person who says they can see someone's future, often using cards or palm reading
2
7.8
A person who says what will happen by looking at the sun, moon, and planets
1
9.9
A person who receives messages from a god or spirit and shares them with others
1
9.9
A woman who says she can see the future
1
9.9
A person who says what will happen in the future
1
9.2
A person who reads lines on a hand to tell the future
A person who says what will happen in the future, often as a job
A person who predicts future events
A magician who reads stars to do magic or tell the future
A person who tells the future by looking at water
A person who looks at water to predict the future
A person who says they can tell the future from dreams
A person who reads the lines on your palm to tell your future
A person who reads the lines on someone's palm to predict their future
How Credible
39
5.1
23
8.0
3
9.9
208
7.3
16
3.5
- Offensive
38
8.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Diviner comes from the word divine, which meant 'of the gods' or 'godlike'. So a diviner is someone who says they can read signs from the gods to find hidden things or predict the future.