seer

seer
I
seer, seeress (New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. prophet, crystal gazer, clairvoyant; soothsayer, oracle. See prediction.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator, sage, fortune teller; see also prophet .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
prophet, prognosticator, predictor, psychic, oracle, fortuneteller, forecaster, diviner, medium, soothsayer.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Someone who sees something occur: eyewitness, viewer, witness. See SEE. 2. A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means: augur, auspex, diviner, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet, prophetess, sibyl, soothsayer, vaticinator. See FORESIGHT.

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