Meanings
seer1
plural seers · alternative uncommon see-er · alternative rare seeër
- One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
"But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185 - One who sees something; an eyewitness.
As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.
1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140
seer2
SEER3
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of seasonal energy efficiency ratio.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person with unusual powers of foresight
nounan authoritative person who divines the future
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
seer · noun
- Middle Englishseere
- Englishseer
From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μάντις
- μάντις (mántis)someone who foretells the future
Bulgarian пророк, гадател
- пророк (prorok)someone who foretells the future
- гадател (gadatel)someone who foretells the future
- очевидец (očevidec)someone who sees something; an eyewitness
Catalan vident, endeví
- videntsomeone who foretells the future
- endevísomeone who foretells the future
- endevinairesomeone who foretells the future
- endevinadorsomeone who foretells the future
Czech jasnovidec, prorok
- jasnovidecsomeone who foretells the future
- proroksomeone who foretells the future
- věštecsomeone who foretells the future
Dutch ziener, helderziende
- zienersomeone who foretells the future
- helderziendesomeone who foretells the future
- ooggetuigesomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
Finnish näkijä, tietäjä
- näkijäsomeone who foretells the future
- tietäjäsomeone who foretells the future
- silminnäkijäsomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
- näkijäsomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
French voyant, voyante
- voyantsomeone who foretells the future
- voyantesomeone who foretells the future
- devinsomeone who foretells the future
- témoinsomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
German Seher, Seherin
- Sehersomeone who foretells the future
- Seherinsomeone who foretells the future
- Wahrsagersomeone who foretells the future
- Wahrsagerinsomeone who foretells the future
- Weissagersomeone who foretells the future
- Weissagerinsomeone who foretells the future
- Hellsehersomeone who foretells the future
- Hellseherinsomeone who foretells the future
- Visionärsomeone who foretells the future
- Visionärinsomeone who foretells the future
- Prophetsomeone who foretells the future
- Prophetinsomeone who foretells the future
Hindi ऋषि, दूरदर्शी
- ऋषि (rishi)someone who foretells the future
- दूरदर्शी (dūrdarśī)someone who foretells the future
- प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī)someone who sees something; an eyewitness
Hungarian látnok
- látnoksomeone who foretells the future
Irish fáidh
- fáidhsomeone who foretells the future
Italian veggente, chiaroveggente
- veggentesomeone who foretells the future
- chiaroveggentesomeone who foretells the future
- indovinosomeone who foretells the future
- testimonesomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
Latin vātēs, fatidica
- vātēssomeone who foretells the future
- fatidicasomeone who foretells the future
Latvian pareģis, zīlētājs
- pareģissomeone who foretells the future
- zīlētājssomeone who foretells the future
- aculieciniekssomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
Lithuanian pranašas, aiškiaregys
- pranašassomeone who foretells the future
- aiškiaregyssomeone who foretells the future
Māori matakite, matatuhi
- matakitesomeone who foretells the future
- matatuhisomeone who foretells the future
Persian پیشگو, بیننده
- پیشگو (pišgu)someone who foretells the future
- بیننده (binande)someone who sees something; an eyewitness
Polish jasnowidz, jasnowidzący
- jasnowidzsomeone who foretells the future
- jasnowidzącysomeone who foretells the future
- jasnowidzącasomeone who foretells the future
- świadeksomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
Portuguese vidente, testemunha
- videntesomeone who foretells the future
- testemunhasomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
Russian прорица́тель, прови́дец
- прорица́тель (proricátelʹ)someone who foretells the future
- прови́дец (provídec)someone who foretells the future
- прови́дица (provídica)someone who foretells the future
- очеви́дец (očevídec)someone who sees something; an eyewitness
- свиде́тель (svidételʹ)someone who sees something; an eyewitness
Scottish Gaelic taibhsear
- taibhsearsomeone who foretells the future
Slovak jasnovidec, prorok
- jasnovidecsomeone who foretells the future
- proroksomeone who foretells the future
- veštecsomeone who foretells the future
Spanish vidente, testigo
- videntesomeone who foretells the future
- testigosomeone who sees something; an eyewitness
Swedish siare, sierska
- siaresomeone who foretells the future
- sierskasomeone who foretells the future
Turkish falcı
- falcısomeone who foretells the future
Ukrainian прови́дець, прови́диця
- прови́дець (provýdecʹ)someone who foretells the future
- прови́диця (provýdycja)someone who foretells the future
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Cite this entry
seer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seer
“seer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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