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| Main Entry: | prophet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, thing that predicts future |
| Synonyms: | astrologer, augur, bard, clairvoyant, forecaster, fortuneteller, magus, medium, oracle, prognosticator, reader, seer, soothsayer, sorcerer, witch, wizard, auspex, diviner, druid, evocator, haruspex, horoscopist, meteorologist, ovate, palmist, predictor, prophesier, seeress, sibyl, tea-leaf reader |
| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predictor |
| Synonyms: | forecaster, harbinger, herald, oracle, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer, diviner |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
| Main Entry: | believer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has faith in something |
| Synonyms: | adherent, apostle, convert, devotee, disciple, doctrinaire, follower, freak, orthodox, prophet, proselyte, supporter, zealot, acceptor, canonist, dogmatist, religionist, religious person, upholder |
| Antonyms: | agnostic, atheist, disbeliever, non-believer |
| Main Entry: | clairvoyant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is psychic |
| Synonyms: | augur, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer, visionary, channeller, diviner, haruspex, horoscopist, palm reader, sibyl, telepath, telepathist, voodoo doctor |
| Main Entry: | fortune-teller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person attempting to tell the future |
| Synonyms: | augur, clairvoyant, medium, mind reader, oracle, prophet, psychic, seer, soothsayer, crystal ball gazer, diviner, palm reader, palmist, predicter, spiritualist, tarot reader, tea-leaf reader |
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen, messenger |
| Synonyms: | adviser, bearer, courier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token, crier, outrider |
| Main Entry: | magician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs supernatural |
| Synonyms: | conjurer, enchanter, enchantress, fortune-teller, genie, genius, marvel, medium, prophet, seer, shaman, siren, soothsayer, sorcerer, trickster, virtuoso, voodoo, warlock, witch, witch doctor, wizard, charmer, diabolist, diviner, exorciser, exorcist, feats or tricks archimage, illusionist, medicine person, miracle worker, necromancer, satanist, spellbinder, thaumaturge, theurgist |
| Main Entry: | messenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person carrying information to another |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, courier, delegate, detachment, detail, emissary, envoy, forerunner, go-between*, gofer*, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, commissionaire, crier, delivery person, dispatcher, errand person, flag-bearer, schlepper |
| Antonyms: | receiver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mind reader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who senses others' thoughts |
| Synonyms: | augur, clairvoyant, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, psychic, seer, soothsayer, channeller, diviner, haruspex, horoscopist, mental telepathist, mentalist, palm reader, telepathis, telepathist, thought reader |
| Main Entry: | prognosticator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forecaster |
| Synonyms: | augur, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer, visionary, channeller, diviner, telepathist |
| Main Entry: | seer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clairvoyant |
| Synonyms: | augur, forecaster, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, psychic, soothsayer, channeller, crystal ball gazer, diviner, palm reader |
| Main Entry: | soothsayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seer |
| Synonyms: | augur, clairvoyant, forecaster, fortune-teller, medium, oracle, prophet, psychic, soothsayer, channeller, crystal ball gazer, diviner, palm reader |
| Main Entry: | spokesperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who communicates for another |
| Synonyms: | agent, champion, delegate, deputy, mediator, mouth, mouthpiece*, prophet, protagonist, representative, speaker, stand-in, substitute, talker, prolocutor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | visionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who dreams, is idealistic |
| Synonyms: | dreamer, enthusiast, idealist, mystic, prophet, romantic, seer, stargazer, utopian, zealot, Don Quixote, castle-builder, daydreamer, romancer, theorist |
| Antonyms: | realist |
| Main Entry: | astrologer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horoscopist |
| Synonyms: | fortuneteller, prophet, soothsayer, stargazer, astromancer |
| Main Entry: | fortuneteller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicter |
| Synonyms: | augur, clairvoyant, medium, mind reader, oracle, prophet, seer, soothsayer, diviner, mitt reader, palm reader, palmist, predictor, spiritualist, tarot reader, tea-leaf reader |
| Main Entry: | spokesman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communicator |
| Synonyms: | agent, champion, delegate, deputy, mediator, mouth, mouthpiece, prophet, protagonist, representative, speaker, spokesperson, substitute, talker, prolocutor, spokeswoman |
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