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prophet

noun

1 prophet

An authoritative person who divines the future.

synonyms: oracle, prophesier, seer, vaticinator.

Roget 513: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; ... show more

Roget 985: revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany, theopneusty.    Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel.    ... show more

Roget 996: clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk.    clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, ... show more

Dutch: ziener, ooggetuige, profeet
Polish: wieszcz, prorok, profeta

2 prophet

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.

Dutch: profete, profeet
Polish: profeta, prorok


Moby thesaurus: Cassandra, Don Quixote, Druid, Quixote, astrologer, augur, calamity howler, clairvoyant, crystal gazer, daydreamer, divinator, diviner, divineress, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, enthusiast, escapist, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer ... show more.

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