mystics

noun

plural of mystic
as in seers

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  1. seers
  2. oracles
  3. soothsayers
  4. diviners
  5. futurists
  6. fortune-tellers
  7. prophets
  8. forecasters
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
Noun
  • All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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
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  • Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of diviners
Noun
  • Whereas futurists look forward to achieving eternal life by uploading their brains to the cloud, many prefer a more traditional conception of salvation.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
  • During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of futurists
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  • This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of fortune-tellers
Noun
  • But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of prophets
Noun
  • Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive flooding and strong winds that can fuel wildfires.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But afterward, the impacts of interacting with the Big Island will weaken it significantly, hurricane center forecasters said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of forecasters
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