seer

Other forms of seer

plural

seers·

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 seer

What does seer mean?

seer means "a person with unusual powers of foresight". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seer?

seer has 1 syllable: seer. In IPA it is /ˈsiɹ/.

What is another word for seer?

Close synonyms include visionary, illusionist, prophet, prophesier, oracle. 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 seer a common word?

seer 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.