Thesaurus results for WONDERWORKER

wonder-worker

noun

Definition of wonder-worker

as in shaman

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Recent Examples of wonder-worker The order that takes his name, the Franciscans, is known for its production of wonder-workers capable of similar feats. — Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 Online, a host of experimental, upstart wonder-workers were finding new audiences with eye-catching content about all things demonic. — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonder-worker

Noun

Ochre figures of hunters, eland, and dancing shamans come into focus.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Along the way, travelers will meet local shamans, experience traditional llanero (cowboy) culture, and be led by a Mayan spiritual guide and archaeologist.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026

Definition of shaman

Noun

Set in Astraea, a bioluminescent city that worships the stars, Florescentia follows Lucia Fairfax, an inventor and occultist reeling from the loss of her husband due to one of her rituals.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Vampyr focuses on a young man and occultist (Nicolas de Gunzburg) who attempts to free a French village from the curse of a bloodthirsty fiend.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026

Definition of occultist

Noun

And Christopher Lee, as the blind prophet Tiresias, and Irene Papas, as Odysseus’ mother, add an air of sophistication to the whole affair.

— Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 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 prophet

Noun

Not in seers, not in sibyls, not in spirits from the great beyond.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Post-Homeric legends relate that after returning to Ithaca Odysseus traveled to northern Greece to appease Poseidon, having descended to the underworld in the Odyssey to consult the seer Tiresias on the manner of expiation.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026

Definition of seer

Noun

While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.

— Essence, Essence, 23 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of diviner

Noun

Colman Domingo plays a soothsayer orchestrating the revelation of decades’ worth of evidence that aliens have visited earth in peace.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 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

Definition of soothsayer

Noun

She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2026
Blacks were not treated by white doctors in all-white hospitals but were sent to inferior facilities to be treated by men who were little more than witch doctors.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 3 May 2026