| Main Entry: | oracle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prophecy |
Synonyms: |
answer, apocalypse, augury, canon, commandment, divination, edict, fortune, law, prediction, prognostication, revelation, vision |
| Concept: | Oracle. |
| Category: | 2. To the Future |
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oracle; prophet, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortuneteller, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter.
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| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predictor |
Synonyms: |
diviner, forecaster, harbinger, herald, oracle, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
| Main Entry: | clairvoyant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is psychic |
Synonyms: |
augur, channeller, diviner, fortune-teller, haruspex, horoscopist, medium, oracle, palm reader, prophet, seer, sibyl, soothsayer, telepath, telepathist, visionary, voodoo doctor |
| Main Entry: | fortune-teller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person attempting to tell the future |
Synonyms: |
augur, clairvoyant, crystal ball gazer, diviner, medium, mind reader, oracle, palm reader, palmist, predicter, prophet, psychic, seer, soothsayer, spiritualist, tarot reader, tea-leaf reader |
| Main Entry: | mind reader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who senses others' thoughts |
Synonyms: |
augur, channeller, clairvoyant, diviner, fortune-teller, haruspex, horoscopist, medium, mental telepathist, mentalist, oracle, palm reader, prophet, psychic, seer, soothsayer, telepathis, telepathist, thought reader |
| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
Synonyms: |
abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
Antonyms: |
known, understanding |
| Main Entry: | prognosticator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forecaster |
Synonyms: |
augur, channeller, diviner, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer, telepathist, visionary |
| Main Entry: | prophecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction |
Synonyms: |
apocalypse, augury, cast, divination, forecast, foretelling, oracle, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, revelation, second sight, soothsaying, vision |
| Main Entry: | prophet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, thing that predicts future |
Synonyms: |
astrologer, augur, auspex, bard, clairvoyant, diviner, druid, evocator, forecaster, fortuneteller, haruspex, horoscopist, magus, medium, meteorologist, oracle, ovate, palmist, predictor, prognosticator, prophesier, reader, seer, seeress, sibyl, soothsayer, sorcerer, tea-leaf reader, witch, wizard |