oracle

noun

Definition of oraclenext
as in diviner
a person who can tell what will happen in the future The oracle told him to not make any major life decisions this month.

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Recent Examples of oracle Cronenberg is right that artists need not create with posterity in mind, but for a contemporary oracle such as Charli, the concerns of the present do merit consideration. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Virginia Woolf, the highest oracle for we sad literary girls, is all over the silver screen this summer—thanks to a remarkable trio of new adaptations. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026 Warwick moved from the Scepter Records years to global pop elegance to activist, survivor, internet oracle, and elder stateswoman of direct address. — Debbie Millman, Time, 25 July 2026 One is that people trust it too much, treating a chatbot like an oracle, a tendency researchers call algorithm appreciation. — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for oracle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oracle
  1. diviner
  2. prophet
  3. mystic
  4. sibyl
  5. forecaster
Noun
  • Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
  • While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.
    — Essence, Essence, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of diviner
Noun
  • To Greenberg, Avery was a prophet, his work a precursor to his younger peers’ more radical experiments.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Bateman led an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and presented himself as a religious prophet following the imprisonment of longtime FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, PEOPLE previously reported.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophet
Noun
  • Distancing myself from the mystic at that moment meant moving away from Madrid.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
  • But Goodman’s story is far stranger, and more significant, than that of a dippy mystic or a metaphysical scam artist.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of mystic
Noun
  • The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.
    — Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Sherman has been the sibyl of such proliferating confusions, toying with representation’s integrity and the boundaries of identity for more than four decades.
    — Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
Definition of sibyl
Noun
  • Comfortable late-summer weather will give way to hotter, more humid conditions in the Kansas City area this weekend, with temperatures climbing into the 90s, forecasters say.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When the Labor Department puts out the August jobs report next week, it’s expected to show that employers added another 65,000 jobs, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of forecaster

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