diviner
UK/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/US/dɪˈvaɪnɚ/
diviner noun: one who foretells the future. Also the comparative form of divine.
Noun
diviner (plural diviners)
- One who foretells the future.
- Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked2020, Soilwork, “Death Diviner”, in A Whisp of the Atlantic
- Synonyms:
- foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- One who divines or conjectures.
- One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
- Synonyms:
- water diviner, dowser
Also used as
diviner is also the comparative form of divine.
Synonyms of diviner
Forms of diviner
| plural | diviners |
|---|---|
| alternative form | devynour |
| alternative form | divinour |
| alternative form | divinor |
Origin of diviner
From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.
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Words that rhyme with diviner
Questions about diviner
- What does diviner mean?
- Diviner means one who foretells the future.
- What part of speech is diviner?
- Diviner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce diviner?
- Diviner is pronounced /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of diviner?
- The plural of diviner is diviners.
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