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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)play

  Familiarity information: SOOTHSAYER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOOTHSAYER (noun)


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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