Associations to the word «Prophets»

Wiktionary

PROPHET, noun. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
PROPHET, noun. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
PROPHET, proper noun. Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets
PROPHET, proper noun. Jesus
PROPHET, proper noun. Muhammad (used with The)
PROPHET OF DOOM, noun. (idiomatic) a pessimistic person who often sees the possible calamity in every situation.

Dictionary definition

PROPHET, noun. An authoritative person who divines the future.
PROPHET, noun. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky