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

Galloway has made a name for himself as one of the best of a growing class of YouTube consultants — a bona fide YouTube whisperer. —Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 May 2026

Hosted by Season 34 DWTS champ Robert Irwin, son of the late Australian conservationist and animal whisperer Steve Irwin, the series involves the search for the franchise’s next pro dancer. —Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 8 May 2026

Swisher, the mainstream media’s tech whisperer, and CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward were present later in the day too. —Harry Lambert, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026

For all of his strengths, Whittingham isn’t known as a quarterback whisperer. —Austin Meek, New York Times, 1 May 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