Synonyms for foreteller

Most common

see-er · prophet · oracle · predictor · diviner · soothsayer · prognosticator

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Someone who foretells.

   But Powers, a former staff writer at The Washington Post who has written extensively on media and technology, is not simply an earnest foreteller of doom.

Forms

Plural

foretellers → see-ers, prophets, predictors, oracles…

Example sentences

• prophet Why didn't God teach his true prophet about germs?
• oracle The poem's title was "Oracle of Lovers".
• predictor The greatest predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour.
• diviner The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate.
• soothsayer The soothsayer warned Caesar to "beware the ides of March."

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

oracle³

7 letters

prophet², diviner

9 letters

predictor³

10 letters

soothsayer³

14 letters

prognosticator

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oracle³ = 3 syllables).