augur

augur

noun

Definition of AUGUR

one who predicts future events or developments <ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds>

Synonyms augur, diviner, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, visionary

Related Words prophetess, sibyl, wisewoman; mystic, oracle; astrologer, crystal gazer, palmist, rhabdomancer; Cassandra, doomsayer, doomsdayer, Jeremiah