Synonyms of prophet

prophet

noun

ˈprä-fət 

1

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments

an economist who is regarded by many as a reliable prophet of future developments in the global economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviner
• forecaster
• oracle
• sibyl
• mystic
• seer
• soothsayer
• foreteller
• fortune-teller
• prognosticator
• futurist
• augur
• prophetess
• visionary
• foreseer
• prophesier
• Jeremiah
• astrologer
• Cassandra
• wisewoman
• palmist
• doomsayer
• crystal gazer
• doomsdayer
• rhabdomancer

2

as in spokesperson

a person who speaks for another or for a group

in the 1960s Timothy Leary gained fame as the gonzo prophet of the psychedelic movement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spokesperson
• spokesman
• mouthpiece
• speaker
• point man
• ambassador
• point person
• mouth
• promoter
• representative
• communicator
• front
• talker
• emissary
• delegate
• envoy
• shill
• sayer
• spokeswoman
• agent
• spokesmodel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prophet

Or so claim these prophets of inverted doom who conjure a past that never was, as shaped by the fractured lens of the present. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

To Greenberg, Avery was a prophet, his work a precursor to his younger peers’ more radical experiments. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Bateman led an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and presented himself as a religious prophet following the imprisonment of longtime FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, PEOPLE previously reported. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026