seer

noun

ˈsir 

ˈsē-ər

1

: one that sees

2

a

: one that predicts events or developments

b

: a person credited with extraordinary moral and spiritual insight

3

: one that practices divination especially by concentrating on a glass or crystal globe

Synonyms

• augur
• diviner
• forecaster
• foreseer
• foreteller
• fortune-teller
• futurist
• prognosticator
• prophesier
• prophet
• soothsayer
• visionary

Examples of seer in a Sentence

several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy

Recent Examples on the Web

Tax seers have a batting average well below that of the local weather forecaster. —Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

So the multitude of pilgrims, devotees, seers and ascetics is even bigger than usual — and even easier to get lost in. —Atul Loke, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025

The government even organized helicopters to shower flower petals on the saints and seers taking a holy dip. —Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025

To find his way home, the lost seafarer Odysseus must travel to the underworld to receive a prophecy from the blind seer, Tiresias. —Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for seer

• beer
• bier
• cheer
• clear
• dear
• deer
• drear
• ear
• fear
• fier
• gear
• hear

Kids Definition

seer

noun

ˈsi(ə)r 

 especially for sense 1 also  ˈsē-ər

1

: someone or something that sees

2

: a person who foresees or foretells events