prophetess
Woman foretelling futures
A prophetess is a female prophet—a woman who speaks divine messages or foretells the future.
The word appears in religious texts and historical contexts: the prophetess Deborah, she was hailed as a prophetess.
In modern usage, prophet increasingly covers all genders, making prophetess sound archaic or deliberately traditional.
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- sibylAncient female prophet
- templeSacred worship structure
- priestessFemale religious officiant
- tripodStabilizing support structure
trance · ecstasy · utterance · incantation · shrine · sanctuary · consultation · petitioner
One who perceives beyond senses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
- mediumMiddle size or state
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
cassandra · seeress · oracle · foresight · precognition · premonition · insight · revelation
Indigenous spiritual healer
- mysticSeeker of sacred truth
- holyDedicated to the divine
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- divineOf or from gods
anointed · spirit-filled · inspired · ecstatic · rapture · theophany · blessing · calling
Omen interpretation practice
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- omenProphetic indicator
- prognosticationForetelling future events
portent · reading · signs · entrails · casting · scrying · lot-casting · interpretation
pythia
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tripod · trance · ecstasy · utterance · incantation · shrine · sanctuary · consultation · petitioner · vapors
clairvoyant
One who perceives beyond senses
psychic · cassandra · seeress · oracle · foresight · precognition · premonition · insight · revelation · foreknowledge
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
divine · anointed · spirit-filled · inspired · ecstatic · rapture · theophany · blessing · calling · vocation
augury
Omen interpretation practice
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- omenProphetic indicator
prognostication · portent · reading · signs · entrails · casting · scrying · lot-casting · interpretation · forewarning
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
messenger · handmaiden · veil · proclaim · exhort · warning · repentance · covenant · judge
prophetessdoubter
One who disbelieves
ignoramus · fool · unbeliever · worldling
prophetesscharlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
fraud · deceiver · heretic · apostate · blasphemer
prophetessskeptic
One who doubts claims
rationalist · atheist · materialist · debunker · nonbeliever