Jeremiah
noun
Jer·e·mi·ah ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-ə 
1
: a major Hebrew prophet of the seventh and sixth centuries b.c.
2
: person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future
3
: a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin Jeremias, from Greek Hieremias, from Hebrew Yirmĕyāh
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Jeremiah
noun
as in Cassandra
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- Cassandra
- defeatist
- cynic
- realist
- fatalist
- pragmatist
- nihilist
- hardnose
- pessimist
- naysayer
- knocker
- anti-utopian
- worrier
- worrywart
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- optimist
- Pollyanna
- dreamer
- romantic
- idealist
- visionary
- idealizer
- romanticist
- utopian
- ideologue
- fantast
- Don Quixote
- sentimentalist
- idealogue
- saccharized
- saccharizes
- saccharizing
- saccharo-
- saccharogenesis
- saccharoid
- saccharoidal
- saccharometer
- saccharometers
- saccharomyces
- saccharomyceses
- saccharomycesses
- saccharomycetaceae
- saccharomycetaceaes
- Saccharomycetales
- saccharomycete
- saccharomycetes
- saccharomycetic
- saccharoses
- saccharum
- saccharums
- sacci-
- Sacco
- sacco-
- Saccobranchiata