sayers
People who speak
Sayers is the plural of sayer—one who says something.
The word rarely stands alone; it almost always follows another word: naysayers, soothsayers, doomsayers.
These compound forms have lexicalized while plain sayers remains uncommon outside of constructions like sayers of prayers or sayers of grace.
Genre about investigating crimes
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- British authorsWriters from Britain
- theologiansScholars of religious belief
- essayistsWriters of discursive prose
translators · Dante · apologists · C.S. Lewis · playwright
Those who declare publicly
- announcersThose who narrate events
- articulatorsStructures producing speech sounds
- vocalizersThose who produce sounds
- communicatorsThose who convey information
orators · talkers · spokespersons · mouthpieces · voices · pronouncers · tellers · narrators
Irritatingly smug people
- aphoristsComposers of brief truths
- moralistsCritics of others' conduct
- philosophersSeekers of fundamental truths
- advisersPeople giving expert counsel
pundits · sages · oracles · soothsayers · prophets · prognosticators · seers
detective fiction
Genre about investigating crimes
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- British authorsWriters from Britain
- theologiansScholars of religious belief
essayists · translators · Dante · apologists · C.S. Lewis · playwright
proclaimers
Those who declare publicly
- announcersThose who narrate events
- articulatorsStructures producing speech sounds
- vocalizersThose who produce sounds
communicators · orators · talkers · spokespersons · mouthpieces · voices · pronouncers · tellers · narrators · reciters
wiseacres
Irritatingly smug people
- aphoristsComposers of brief truths
- moralistsCritics of others' conduct
- philosophersSeekers of fundamental truths
advisers · pundits · sages · oracles · soothsayers · prophets · prognosticators · seers