What is another word for diviner?

Pronunciation: [dɪvˈɪnə] (IPA)

The term diviner refers to someone who practices divination, which involves seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown through the interpretation of omens, dreams, or supernatural means. Synonyms for diviner include soothsayer, oracle, seer, fortune-teller, clairvoyant, prophet, prognosticator, augur, and mystic. Soothsayers and oracles were prominent figures throughout ancient history, known for their ability to communicate with the gods and provide guidance to kings and rulers. A seer is someone who can see into the future, while a fortune-teller uses various methods to foretell events and outcomes. Clairvoyants have extrasensory perception abilities, and prophets and mystics are revered for their spiritual insights and wisdom.

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Usage examples for Diviner

Nor should any ominous signs deter a man from sharing a friend's peril, even though the diviner may give warning of exile or death.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
He would have done the same-perhaps had done it-with far diviner things than jessamine flowers.
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
After these transactions, Myrina, accompanied with Mopsus the diviner, made an expedition into Thrace, which was the ultimate of her progress; for she was supposed to have been here slain.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant

Famous quotes with Diviner

  • There is a difficulty in the way of teaching the higher life, due to the fact that only those who have begun to lead it can understand the meaning of it.Deep down in every human heart is the seed of a diviner life, which only needs the quickening influence of right conditions to germinate.
    Felix Adler
  • The best of the diviner breed are never wrong because they never set anything in stone.
    Glen Cook
  • Auspicious Prince! at whose nativity Some royal planet rul'd the southern sky; Thy longing country's darling and desire; Their cloudy pillar, and their guardian fire: Their second Moses, whose extended wand Divides the seas, and shows the promis'd land: Whose dawning day, in very distant age, Has exercis'd the sacred prophet's rage: The people's pray'r, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
    John Dryden
  • If one choose the goods of the soul, he chooses the diviner [portion]; if the goods of the body, the merely mortal.
    Democritus
  • There was a majesty about him beyond all other men I have known, and he habitually dwelt in that ampler and diviner air to which most of us, if ever, only rise in spurts.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

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