diviner

diviner
Synonyms and related words:
Cassandra, Comus, Druid, Faust, astrologer, augur, calamity howler, conjurer, crystal gazer, diabolist, divinator, divineress, dowser, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower, foreteller, fortuneteller, geomancer, haruspex, miracle-worker, necromancer, palmist, predictor, prefigurer, presager, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, soothsayer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, vates, warlock, water witch, weather prophet, wizard

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Diviner — Di*vin er, n. 1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means. [1913 Webster] The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • diviner — Diviner, Augurari. Le lieu où on divinoit, Auguraculum …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Diviner — For occult practitioners, see divination. Diviner is an infrared sensing instrument aboard NASA s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, part of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program which is studying the moon. It is also referred to as the DLRE, for… …   Wikipedia

  • diviner — Ⅰ. divine [1] ► ADJECTIVE (diviner, divinest) 1) of, from, or like God or a god. 2) informal excellent. ► NOUN 1) dated a cleric or theologian. 2) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • diviner — noun a) one who foretells the future b) one who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod Syn: foreteller, fortune teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer …   Wiktionary

  • diviner — noun Date: 14th century 1. a person who practices divination ; soothsayer 2. a person who divines the location of water or minerals …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • diviner — /di vuy neuhr/, n. 1. a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet. 2. a person skilled in using a divining rod. [1300 50; DIVINE + ER1; r. ME divinour < AF < LL divinator soothsayer, equiv. to L divina(re) to DIVINE + tor TOR] * * * …   Universalium

  • diviner — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prophet, seer, sorcerer, witch; see magician 1 , prophet . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means: augur, auspex, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet,… …   English dictionary for students

  • diviner — di|vin|er [ dı vaınər ] noun count someone who finds out about the future by receiving signs from the spirit world …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • diviner — di vin·er || nÉ™ n. prophet, clairvoyant; one that searches for underground water or minerals using a divining rod …   English contemporary dictionary

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