soothsayer

1. 1.

   someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

   Synonymsforecasterpredictorprognosticator

   Broadervisionary

   Narrowerastrologerfortuneteller

Other forms of soothsayer

plural

soothsayers·

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 soothsayer

What does soothsayer mean?

soothsayer means "someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)".

How many syllables are in soothsayer?

soothsayer has 3 syllables: sooth-sa-yer. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /ˌsuθˈseɪɚ/.

What is another word for soothsayer?

Close synonyms include forecaster, predictor, prognosticator. 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 soothsayer a common word?

soothsayer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with soothsayer?

2 words rhyme with soothsayer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.