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

What Harbaugh, a quarterback whisperer, supposedly, must avoid is turning Herbert into John Hadl, Dan Fouts and Philip Rivers. —Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026

His reverence for patient, disciplined cooking can be traced back to his time cooking in Italy and with pasta whisperer Craig Richards. —Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026

That’s why the Dolphins shouldn’t be focused on finding the next quarterback whisperer, or the hot offensive or defensive mastermind. —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026

So does another team out there need a quarterback whisperer badly enough to give up assets to Green Bay to land LaFleur? —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 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