Synonyms of soothsayers

soothsayers

noun

plural of soothsayer

as in diviners

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviners
• prophets
• forecasters
• sibyls
• mystics
• oracles
• seers
• fortune-tellers
• prognosticators
• futurists
• augurs
• foretellers
• visionaries
• foreseers
• prophetesses
• astrologers
• prophesiers
• palmists
• doomsayers
• Cassandras
• Jeremiahs
• wisewomen
• doomsdayers
• crystal gazers
• rhabdomancers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of soothsayers

The pricing of the iPhone Duo and Apple's other new devices was reasonable and below what many tech soothsayers had predicted. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Pollsters, the modern equivalent of soothsayers, are increasingly wrong. — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

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

Disney+ is going back to the soothsayers in pursuit of greater fortune. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019