noun
soothsayer
SOOTH-say-uh
noun
1
A person believed to be able to predict the future, especially through intuition or supposed magical insight.
"A soothsayer had warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March."
How to Use Soothsayer
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who claims to be able to foretell the future — a fortune-teller.
Easily confused with
prophet →
fortune-teller
Common pairings
ancient soothsayer
the soothsayer's warning
Word Forms
soothsayers plural
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Etymology
From Middle English sothsaier, literally "truth-sayer" — from sooth ("truth") + sayer, since such figures claimed to speak truths about what was to come.