diviners

noun

plural of diviner
as in prophets
one who predicts future events or developments somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diviners
  1. prophets
  2. forecasters
  3. oracles
  4. soothsayers
  5. seers
Noun
  • Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and handed it down to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of prophets
Noun
  • Some records around the Denver area may be broken, forecasters said.
    — Michael Phillis, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Charlotte-area storms could bring damaging winds and quarter-size hail next week, National Weather Service forecasters said Saturday.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
Definition of forecasters
Noun
  • The loudest of those skeptics still get treated as oracles, even as the downside bets behind them quietly decay toward nothing.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Back in the ’90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Definition of oracles
Noun
  • The three soothsayers whose guesses come closest to the actual results will be crowned with a Cinematrix hat, as modeled by Real Housewives of Atlanta peach turned friend-of Cynthia Bailey.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • Just beyond the respectable edges of Paris, among the soothsayers and strongmen, works Suzanne (Anaïs Demoustier).
    — Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Definition of soothsayers
Noun
  • Not in seers, not in sibyls, not in spirits from the great beyond.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of seers
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“Diviners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diviners. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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