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Meaning of Soothsayer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsuθˌseɪɚ

Definitions

  1. One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
  2. A mantis (Mantodea spp.)
  3. One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
    obsolete
  4. A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).

Equivalents

العربية العرّاف بَصّار عراف كاهن كلداني متكهّن مُتَنَبِّئ
Bosanski prorok šeher пророк
Čeština věštec
Dansk seer spåmand
Deutsch Hellseher Seher Seherin Spökenkieker Wahrsager Wahrsagerin Weissager Zeichendeuter
Ελληνικά μάντις
Español adivina adivino
Suomi ennustaja totuudenpuhuja
Français devin prophète prophétesse
Gaeilge bean feasa fáidh fáidheadóir fáistineach
Galego adiviño agoireiro
Hrvatski prorok šeher пророк
Magyar jós
Հայերեն գուշակ
Íslenska spákona spámaður
Italiano indovina indovino
日本語 占い師
한국어 점쟁이
Kurdî kahîn şeer şeher
Latina python pythonissa vates
Македонски гаталец
Nederlands profeet toekomstvoorspeller toekomstvoorspelster waarzegger waarzegster wittiger
Polski prorok przepowiednik widun wieszcz wieszczek
Português adivinha adivinho
Русский вещу́н вещу́нья предсказа́тель предсказа́тельница прови́дец прови́дица прорица́тель прорица́тельница пророк
Српски prorok šeher пророк
Svenska siare sierska spåkvinna spåman
ไทย ผู้ทำนาย
Türkçe falcı kâhin
Українська авгур віщу́н ворожка прови́дець прові́сник пророк
Tiếng Việt thầy bói

Examples

“It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.”
“The past twenty years have seen their share of soothsayers ready to predict with conviction one extreme or another of the alternative futures I have presented.”
“The doomsday prophet / Whose words have all come true / The naysaying soothsayer / So cynical and blue”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Soothsayers Soothsaying Sootier Sootiest Sootily Sootiness

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