seer
Visionary mystic figure
A seer is a person who sees visions or foretells the future—a prophet or clairvoyant.
The word carries mystical or archaic overtones: The seer predicted the kingdom's fall.
In casual use, seer can describe anyone with unusual foresight: She was a seer who anticipated market trends years ahead.
Authoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
- augurOne who reads omens
- sibylAncient female prophet
pythia · prognosticator · forecaster · prophecy · revelation · vision · foretelling · prediction
Seeker of sacred truth
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
- druidAncient Celtic priest-scholar
- magusPractitioner of ancient arts
sorcerer · alchemist · enchanter · occultist · divination · scrying · tarot · runes
Showing good judgment
- elderSenior figure of authority
- guruRevered authority figure
- masterAuthority or controller
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
luminary · savant · pundit · visionary · discerning · perceptive · sagacious · insightful
One who perceives beyond senses
- mediumMiddle size or state
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- spiritualistGhost communicator believer
- telepathicAble to read minds
mind-reader · sensitive · crystal-gazer · extrasensory · precognition · trance · séance · reading
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
- augurOne who reads omens
sibyl · pythia · prognosticator · forecaster · prophecy · revelation · vision · foretelling · prediction · omen
mystic
Seeker of sacred truth
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
- druidAncient Celtic priest-scholar
magus · sorcerer · alchemist · enchanter · occultist · divination · scrying · tarot · runes · astrology
wise
Showing good judgment
mentor · luminary · savant · pundit · visionary · discerning · perceptive · sagacious · insightful · knowing
clairvoyant
One who perceives beyond senses
- mediumMiddle size or state
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- spiritualistGhost communicator believer
telepathic · mind-reader · sensitive · crystal-gazer · extrasensory · precognition · trance · séance · reading · apparition
- Romantic PoetryWordsworth, Keats, William Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- fantasy rolesarcher, barbarian, sorceress, mage, wizard
- weightsgram, kilogram, ounce, pound, ton
- ancient rolespharaoh, chieftain, tribal chief, tribal leader, village elder
- Pioneerspioneer, pioneers, forerunner, trailblazer, innovator
seerhistorian
Expert on past events
chronicler · archivist · antiquarian · annalist · recorder
seerscientist
One who studies nature
empiricist · rationalist · skeptic · materialist · researcher
- see youInformal goodbye phrase
- see you laterInformal farewell phrase
- see you soonCasual temporary farewell
- see throughDiscern despite disguise
- see you tomorrowFarewell implying next-day reunion
- let me seeStalling phrase while thinking