diviner

di·vin·er

noun \də-ˈvī-nər\

Definition of DIVINER

1

: a person who practices divination : soothsayer

2

: a person who divines the location of water or minerals

Examples of DIVINER

1. Diviners foretold of the event.
2. <somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law>

First Known Use of DIVINER

14th century

Related to DIVINER

Synonyms: augur, prophet, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, visionary

Related Words: prophetess, sibyl, wisewoman; mystic, oracle; astrologer, crystal gazer, palmist, rhabdomancer; Cassandra, doomsayer, doomsdayer, Jeremiah

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Rhymes with DIVINER

airliner, aligner, assigner, baseliner, blueliner, byliner, combiner, confiner, cosigner, decliner, definer, designer, eyeliner, flatliner, hard-liner, headliner, incliner, jetliner, Landsteiner, leaf miner, long-liner, moonshiner, one-liner, recliner, refiner, repiner, resigner, sideliner, soft-liner, streamliner, strip miner