seer
/sɪə(ɹ)/
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Northumbria/ˈsiːɐ/
seer noun: one who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner. Also the alternative form of sihr.
Noun (1)
seer (plural seers)
- One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
- "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185
- One who sees something; an eyewitness.
- As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140
Noun (2) capitalized: SEER
SEER
- Initialism of seasonal energy efficiency ratio.
Also used as
seer is also the alternative form of sihr.
seer meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
seer in Hindi
- someone who foretells the future
- ऋषि rishi, दूरदर्शी dūrdarśī
- someone who sees something; an eyewitness
- प्रत्यक्षदर्शी pratyakṣadarśī
seer in Marathi
- द्रष्टा, द्रुष्टा
seer in Bengali
- দ্রষ্টা
seer in Malayalam
- ദർശകൻ, ദർശകരൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- seer in Kannada
- ದ್ರಷ್ಟಾ
- seer in Gujarati
- દ્રષ્ટા
- seer in Odia
- ଦ୍ରଷ୍ଟା
- seer in Nepali
- द्रष्टा
- seer in Persian
- پیشگو pišgu, بیننده binande
Examples of seer in a sentence
- Hunt writes, “while Marx is rebranded as the acceptable, postpolitical seer of global capitalism.” Mr.
- "The second function is for seers who have used magic, but do not know about the second function.
- You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.
Forms of seer
| plural | seers |
|---|---|
| alternative uncommon | see-er |
| alternative form (rare) | seeër |
Origin of seer
From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).
See sihr.
Words formed from seer
Phrases with seer
Words that rhyme with seer
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about seer
- What does seer mean?
- Seer means one who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
- What is seer in Hindi?
- Seer in Hindi is ऋषि (rishi), दूरदर्शी (dūrdarśī), प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī). See Seer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seer?
- Seer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce seer?
- Seer is pronounced /sɪə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of seer?
- The plural of seer is seers.
Words near seer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seer (page history and authors); SEER (page history and authors); seer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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