seer

/sir/

/sɪə/

Other forms: seers

A seer is someone who can see the future. Nostradamus is considered a seer because he predicted everything from the Great Fire of London to the French Revolution. Oh, and the end of the world.

See the word see in seer? Seers can see into the future. Prophets, fortune tellers, and tarot card readers are seers. Seers are part of many fictional stories, especially fantasy stories that might include witches and goblins. However, this word can be used for anyone who is good at predicting things, such as a political, financial, or sports analyst. Seers are also called oracles and visionaries. As for Nostradamus, let’s hope he was wrong sometimes.

Definitions of seer

1. noun

   an observer who perceives visually
   “an incurable seer of movies”

   type of:

   beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient

   a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
2. noun

   a person with unusual powers of foresight
   synonyms: illusionist, visionary

   types:

   anticipant, anticipator

   one who anticipates

   diviner

   someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers

   fantast, futurist

   someone who predicts the future

   forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer

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

   astrologer, astrologist

   someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon

   fortune teller, fortuneteller

   a person who foretells your personal future

   geomancer

   one who practices geomancy

   hydromancer

   one who practices hydromancy

   lithomancer

   one who practices lithomancy

   necromancer

   one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead

   oneiromancer

   someone who divines through the interpretation of dreams

   onomancer

   one who practices onomancy

   oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator

   an authoritative person who divines the future

   pyromancer

   one who practices pyromancy

   dowser, rhabdomancer, water witch

   someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water

   type of:

   intellect, intellectual

   a person who uses the mind creatively
3. noun

   an authoritative person who divines the future
   synonyms: oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator

   types:

   augur, auspex

   (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

   prophetess

   a woman prophet

   sibyl

   (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet

   type of:

   diviner

   someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers