oracle

Other forms of oracle

plural

oracles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oracle

What does oracle mean?

oracle means "an authoritative person who divines the future". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oracle?

oracle has 3 syllables: o-ra-cle. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹəkəl/.

What is another word for oracle?

Close synonyms include prophet, prophesier, seer, vaticinator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oracle a common word?

oracle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.