English noun: seer |
1. | seer (person) a person with unusual powers of foresight |
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| Synonyms | illusionist, visionary |
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| Broader (hypernym) | intellect, intellectual |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anticipant, anticipator, diviner, fantast, forecaster, futurist, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer |
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2. | seer (person) an observer who perceives visually |
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| Samples | An incurable seer of movies.
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| Broader (hypernym) | beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient |
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3. | seer (person) an authoritative person who divines the future |
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| Synonyms | oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | diviner |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | augur, auspex, prophetess, sibyl |
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