soothsayer

sooth·say·er

S0565100 (so͞oth′sā′ər)n. One who claims to be able to foretell events or predict the future; a seer.Word History: The truth is not always soothing, but our verb soothe is related to soothsayer, the word for one who tells the truth, especially beforehand. The archaic adjective and noun sooth, "true, truth," comes from the Old English adjective and noun sōth with the same meanings. The Old English form derives from Germanic *santh-az, "true," which comes from Indo-European *sont-, one of the participles from the Indo-European root -es-, "to be": the truth is that which is. Old English also formed a verb from sōth, namely sōthian, "to confirm to be true." This is the ancestor of soothe; its meaning changed from "to concur to be true, say 'yes' to" to "humor by concurring, placate." Doing the latter on occasion requires something less than the truth.

soothsayer

(ˈsuːθˌseɪə) n (Alternative Belief Systems) a seer or prophet

sooth•say•er

(ˈsuθˌseɪ ər)

n. a person who foretells events. [1300–50]

sooth, soothsayer, soothe - Sooth, "true, truth," or "that which is," is part of soothsayer; it is related to soothe, which once meant "assent to be true; say yes to," or "to prove or show a fact to be true."See also related terms for prove.

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soothsayer - someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)forecaster, predictor, prognosticatorastrologer, astrologist - someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moonfortune teller, fortuneteller - a person who foretells your personal futureillusionist, seer, visionary - a person with unusual powers of foresight

soothsayer

noun prophet, diviner, oracle, fortune-teller, forecaster, Cassandra, seer, clairvoyant, augur, sibyl, prognosticator, prophesier You don't have to be a soothsayer to predict his likely tactics.

soothsayer

nounA person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means:augur, auspex, diviner, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet, prophetess, seer, sibyl, vaticinator.

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