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SOOTHSAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soothsayer mean?
• SOOTHSAYER (noun)
The noun SOOTHSAYER has 1 sense:
1. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Familiarity information: SOOTHSAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer
Hypernyms ("soothsayer" is a kind of...):
illusionist; seer; visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soothsayer"):
astrologer; astrologist (someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon)
fortune teller; fortuneteller (a person who foretells your personal future)
Context examples
The peasant answered: “I have a soothsayer inside it.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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