as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments
a soothsayer predicted that I would meet the man of my dreams online, assuming of course that I became a subscriber to the Web site's dating service
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Recent Examples of soothsayer
Mamet emphasizes the vernacular like a theatrical soothsayer while Zahler visualizes violence to clarify circumstance and character.
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Armond White, National Review, 14 May 2025
Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Given that the upcoming trial for tax felonies may have included testimony about how and when the presidential son shared fees from questionable foreign sources with his father, Mason could've had a side gig as a soothsayer.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Wall Street’s soothsayers expect another year of double-digit gains after the S&P 500 posted back-to-back advances of over 20% in 2023 and 2024.
—Royce Branning, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 14 May 2025
Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Given that the upcoming trial for tax felonies may have included testimony about how and when the presidential son shared fees from questionable foreign sources with his father, Mason could've had a side gig as a soothsayer.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Wall Street’s soothsayers expect another year of double-digit gains after the S&P 500 posted back-to-back advances of over 20% in 2023 and 2024.
—Royce Branning, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soothsayer
Noun
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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The diviner then asks a question in a yes-or-no format while tapping the enclosure to encourage the spider or crab to emerge.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The prophets of biblical Israel demand justice and care for the stranger, widow, and orphan.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And, in 2023, forecasters and Fed economists predicted a recession that never happened.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Hurricane forecasters are watching a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa that could develop into a tropical depression by next week.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.—
Nancy Princenthal,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2024
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It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
12 May 2021
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“Soothsayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soothsayer. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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