English Explanatory Dictionary

Cassandra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  3. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia, United States.
  4. A small borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
noun
  1. A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true.
noun
  1. Synonym of leather leaf (“Chamaedaphne calyculata”).

Pronunciation

/kəˈsæn.dɹə/ /kəˈsɑːn.dɹə/ /kəˈsɛən.dɹə/ En-us-Cassandra.ogg En-us-Cassandra-2.ogg en-au-Cassandra.ogg

Word forms

Cassandra Cassandras

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).

Synonyms

doomsayer ariolater Chaldean clairvoyant divinator diviner duckerer foreteller fortuneteller oracle precog precognitive predictor prognosticator prophet pythonist scryer seer soothsayer sortilegus spaer leather leaf

Related words

Jeremiah

Derived words

Cass Cassaundra Cassie Sandra
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