Associations to the word «Soothsayer»

Wiktionary

SOOTHSAYER, noun. (obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
SOOTHSAYER, noun. One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
SOOTHSAYER, noun. A mantis or rearhorse.

Dictionary definition

SOOTHSAYER, noun. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats