soothsayer
- noun
- /ˈsuːθˌseɪər/
- Archaic
- The villagers sought the advice of a soothsayer to learn about their future harvest.
And I think in our last conversations, our last two conversations, we've used this word prognosticator, soothsayer.
- And I think in our last conversations, our last two conversations, we've used this word prognosticator, soothsayer.
- And he is, he's one-of-a-kind and he's a real soothsayer and he's just a, he's just a special, he's a special person.
Examples
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The king had given a bold response to the soothsayer's prediction a few days before, but in fact, he felt uneasy.
Fiction book (1996) -
But in the next country, there lived a skillful soothsayer.
Fiction book (1996) -
And then the the head man will Commission the soothsayer to ask the ancestors some particular question.
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Your Highness, the soothsayer, as you requested.
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You are a fine soothsayer," they told him in gentle voices.
Fiction book (1996) -
This is flavio, my soothsayer, my main man.
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I'd have another look at your stones, soothsayer.
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I happen to have in my employ a most dependable soothsayer.
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Shen's troubled parents consulted a soothsayer.
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At this, the soothsayer assumed a more dignified posture and replied, "That is what the omens say."
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
A person who predicts future events using data or models
A person who says they can see the future
A person who claims to tell the future using cards or palm reading
A person who says the Sun, Moon, and planets show your future
A person who studies current trends to predict the future
A person who gives wise advice and says what will happen
A person who says they can see events before they happen
A person who predicts future events using knowledge or signs
A person who says they can see someone's future, often using cards or palm reading
A person who says they can learn hidden things or predict the future using spiritual ways
A person who says what will happen using knowledge or data
A person who says what will happen by looking at the sun, moon, and planets
A person who studies future trends and predicts them
A person who says what will happen in the future
A person who reads lines on a hand to tell the future
A woman who says she can see the future
A person who says what will happen in the future, often as a job
A person who predicts future events
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
A person who says they can tell the future from dreams
Antonyms
How Prophetic
- Literature
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Soothsayer comes from the parts sooth ('truth') and sayer ('one who says'), so it originally meant a 'truth-sayer'. That's why a soothsayer is someone who claims to tell the truth about the future or to predict what will happen.