noun
- people who claim to predict the future or reveal hidden knowledge through supernatural means
Usage: often historical or literary
Examples
- Ancient soothsayers claimed they could read the future in bird flight patterns.
- The king consulted his soothsayers before making important decisions.
- Medieval soothsayers used crystal balls and tarot cards to predict events.
- Many people dismissed the soothsayers as frauds and charlatans.
- The soothsayers warned of a great disaster approaching the kingdom.
- Modern fortune-tellers are sometimes called soothsayers in literature.