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

But Harden is a big man whisperer. —Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

Levy sat on the floor, watching like a proud father and shushing whisperers. —Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

But for all the reputation Bruce Bochy had as a bullpen-whisperer, Schumaker has some skills, too. —Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026

Diller became Rupert’s Hollywood whisperer. —Gabriel Sherman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 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