whisperer

noun

whis·​per·​er ˈ(h)wi-spər-ər 

plural whisperers

1

: one that whispers

specifically : rumormonger

2

a

: a person who excels at calming or training usually hard-to-manage animals using noncoercive methods based especially on an understanding of the animals' natural instincts

The last event of the day will be the horse whisperer breaking a wild horse and giving his testimony while he does it.

—Dale Carroll

A lion that mauled a young woman to death in South Africa was under the care of a man known as the "lion whisperer" for his close interactions with the predators.

—The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune

b

: a person who is unusually skilled at calmly guiding, influencing, or managing other people

Colleagues often call Williams the "child whisperer" because he reaches out with a quiet grace to children who need assistance and molds students who need to believe in their own future.

—Annie Martin

c

: a person considered to possess some extraordinary skill or talent in managing or dealing with something specified

Meatballs with spaghetti, meatball sliders, meatballs in a casserole, or just meatballs on the plate with a salad, my boys love them all, going so far as to call me the meatball whisperer.

—Neely Myers

Examples of whisperer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Watt, who’s become music’s leading legend-whisperer, also continued his partnership with Lady Gaga on several new songs, worked on two tracks on Madonna‘s Confessions II, and produced Brandi Carlile’s Returning to Myself. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2026

Insiders also credit chief operating officer Matt Bires (an architect of A24’s Cherry Lane Theater acquisition), global TV head Ravi Nandan (the Fielder whisperer) and the all-important chief marketer Graham Retzlik with the steady growth. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

The Lego Group is bringing on an in-house Hollywood whisperer. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

That bet cemented Smilow as the student-founder whisperer—a VC whose early conviction in Truell helped deliver a roughly 650-fold return on the firm’s original investment, alongside high gains from subsequent financing. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for whisperer

• amateur
• connoisseur
• kieselguhr
• monseigneur
• procureur
• retransfer
• saboteur
• silencer
• voyageur
• birr
• blur
• bur