diviner

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UK/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/Canada, US/dɪˈvaɪnɚ/Australia/dɪˈvɑɪnə(ɹ)/

noun

One who foretells the future.

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foretellerfortune-tellerprophetseersoothsayerwater divinerdowser
OriginMiddle English divinour ← Latin dīvīnātor →
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Meanings

noundiviner (plural diviners)

plural diviners · alternative devynour · alternative divinour · alternative divinor

  1. One who foretells the future.

    Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked

    2020, Soilwork, “Death Diviner”, in A Whisp of the Atlantic

    Synonyms: foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer

  2. One who divines or conjectures.
  3. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

    Synonyms: water diviner, dowser

adjective

alternative devynour · alternative divinour · alternative divinor

  1. comparativecomparative form of divine: more divine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who foretells the future.

Similar
foretellerfortune-tellerprophetseersoothsayer

nounOne who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

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water divinerdowser
Also see
ariolatercassandraoracle

Origin

  1. Latindīvīnātor“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”
  2. Middle Englishdivinour
  3. Englishdiviner

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek μάντις
  • μάντις (mántis)one who foretells the future
Bulgarian гадател
  • гадател (gadatel)one who foretells the future
Danish spåmand, seer
  • spåmandone who foretells the future
  • seerone who foretells the future
Dutch waterwichelaar, wichelaar
  • waterwichelaarone who searches for underground water
  • wichelaarone who searches for underground water
German Hellseher, Hellseherin
  • Hellseherone who foretells the future
  • Hellseherinone who foretells the future
  • Wahrsagerone who foretells the future
  • Wahrsagerinone who foretells the future
  • Rutengängerone who searches for underground water
  • Rutengängerinone who searches for underground water
  • Wünschelrutengängerone who searches for underground water
  • Wünschelrutengängerinone who searches for underground water
Spanish divinador (disused)
  • divinador (disused)one who foretells the future

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with diviner

designerminorlinerminerdinerSteinerfinerReinersignershinernineralignerassignerconsignermalignernonminornonsignerponcho linerresignersemiminorsubminor
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Anagrams

Vidrine
Cite this entry
APA

diviner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diviner

MLA

“diviner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diviner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diviner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diviner.

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