English Explanatory Dictionary

diviner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who foretells the future.
  2. One who divines or conjectures.
  3. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
adj
  1. comparative form of divine: more divine

Pronunciation

/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/ /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/ /dɪˈvɑɪnə(ɹ)/

Word forms

diviner diviners devynour divinour divinor

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

Synonyms

foreteller fortune-teller prophet seer soothsayer water diviner dowser

Related words

divine

Derived words

divineress diviner's sage water diviner
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