Väinämöinen, the eternal soothsayer, traveled to the other world in quest for words of power, the most powerful of spells.
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Soothsayer
//ˈsuθˌseɪɚ//
Synonyms for "soothsayer" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Translations
129 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μάντις noun (one who predicts the future)
- χρησμῳδός noun (one who predicts the future)
Arabic
4 entries- بَصّار noun (one who predicts the future)
- عَرَّاف noun (one who predicts the future)
- كاهِن noun (one who tells the truth)
- مُتَكَهِّن noun (one who predicts the future)
Armenian
1 entries- գուշակ noun (one who predicts the future)
Asturian
2 entries- adivín noun (one who predicts the future)
- vidente noun (one who predicts the future)
Belarusian
4 entries- вяшчу́н noun (one who predicts the future)
- прадказа́льнік noun (one who predicts the future)
- празо́рлівец noun (one who predicts the future)
- праро́к noun (one who predicts the future)
Breton
3 entries- diviner noun (one who predicts the future)
- divinour noun (one who predicts the future)
- profed noun (one who predicts the future)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гадател noun (one who predicts the future)
- предсказател noun (one who predicts the future)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 算命家 noun (one who predicts the future)
- 預言家 /预言家 noun (one who predicts the future)
Czech
1 entries- věštec noun (one who predicts the future)
Danish
2 entries- seer noun (one who predicts the future)
- spåmand noun (one who predicts the future)
Dutch
4 entries- profeet noun (one who predicts the future)
- toekomstvoorspeller noun (one who predicts the future)
- toekomstvoorspelster noun (one who predicts the future)
- waarzegger noun (one who predicts the future)
Finnish
2 entries- ennustaja noun (one who predicts the future)
- totuudenpuhuja noun (one who tells the truth)
French
3 entries- devin noun (one who predicts the future)
- prophète noun (one who predicts the future)
- prophétesse noun (one who predicts the future)
Galician
2 entries- adiviño noun (one who predicts the future)
- agoireiro noun (one who predicts the future)
German
4 entries- Hellseher noun (one who predicts the future)
- Seher noun (one who predicts the future)
- Seherin noun (one who predicts the future)
- Spökenkieker noun (one who predicts the future)
Greek
1 entries- μάντις noun (one who predicts the future)
Hungarian
1 entries- jós noun (one who predicts the future)
Icelandic
2 entries- spákona noun (one who predicts the future)
- spámaður noun (one who predicts the future)
Irish
4 entries- bean feasa noun (one who predicts the future)
- fear feasa noun (one who predicts the future)
- fáidh noun (one who predicts the future)
- fáidheadóir noun (one who predicts the future)
Italian
2 entries- indovina noun (one who predicts the future)
- indovino noun (one who predicts the future)
Japanese
1 entries- 占い師 noun (one who predicts the future)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũragũri noun (one who predicts the future)
Korean
1 entries- 점쟁이 noun (one who predicts the future)
Latin
3 entries- python noun (one who predicts the future)
- pythonissa noun (one who predicts the future)
- vātēs noun (one who predicts the future)
Macedonian
2 entries- га́талец noun (one who predicts the future)
- претска́жувач noun (one who predicts the future)
Manx
3 entries- faaishnagh noun (one who predicts the future)
- fallogyssagh noun (one who predicts the future)
- guess noun (one who predicts the future)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- spåkone noun (one who predicts the future)
- spåmann noun (one who predicts the future)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- spåkone noun (one who predicts the future)
- spåmann noun (one who predicts the future)
Old English
1 entries- spæwīfe noun (one who predicts the future)
Old Norse
1 entries- spákona noun (one who predicts the future)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فالجی noun (one who predicts the future)
Pacoh
1 entries- curu noun (one who predicts the future)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Woasaja noun (one who predicts the future)
Polish
3 entries- prorok noun (one who predicts the future)
- wieszcz noun (one who predicts the future)
- wieszczek noun (one who predicts the future)
Portuguese
2 entries- adivinha noun (one who predicts the future)
- adivinho noun (one who predicts the future)
Russian
4 entries- вещу́н noun (one who predicts the future)
- вещу́нья noun (one who predicts the future)
- предсказа́тель noun (one who predicts the future)
- предсказа́тельница noun (one who predicts the future)
Scots
4 entries- foreteller noun (one who predicts the future)
- forteller noun (one who predicts the future)
- saga noun (one who predicts the future)
- soothsayer noun (one who predicts the future)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gatar noun (one who predicts the future)
- gàtara noun (one who predicts the future)
- га̀тара noun (one who predicts the future)
- гатар noun (one who predicts the future)
Slovak
1 entries- veštec noun (one who predicts the future)
Slovene
2 entries- prorok noun (one who predicts the future)
- vedež noun (one who predicts the future)
Spanish
2 entries- adivina noun (one who predicts the future)
- adivino noun (one who predicts the future)
Swedish
4 entries- siare noun (one who predicts the future)
- sierska noun (one who predicts the future)
- spåkvinna noun (one who predicts the future)
- spåman noun (one who predicts the future)
Turkish
2 entries- falcı noun (one who predicts the future)
- kâhin noun (one who predicts the future)
Ukrainian
4 entries- віщу́н noun (one who predicts the future)
- прови́дець noun (one who predicts the future)
- прові́сник noun (one who predicts the future)
- проро́к noun (one who predicts the future)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thầy bói noun (one who predicts the future)
Welsh
2 entries- daroganwr noun (one who predicts the future)
- daroganwraig noun (one who predicts the future)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Whenever he has an important decision to make, Tom always consults his soothsayer.
Source: tatoeba (9922063)
The soothsayer warned Caesar to "beware the ides of March."
Source: tatoeba (11276254)
It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.