SEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seer mean? 

• SEER (noun)
  The noun SEER has 3 senses:

1. a person with unusual powers of foresight

2. an observer who perceives visually

3. an authoritative person who divines the future

  Familiarity information: SEER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with unusual powers of foresight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

illusionist; seer; visionary

Hypernyms ("seer" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seer"):

anticipant; anticipator (one who anticipates)

diviner (someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers)

fantast; futurist (someone who predicts the future)

forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))

Derivation:

see (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An observer who perceives visually

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

an incurable seer of movies

Hypernyms ("seer" is a kind of...):

beholder; observer; perceiver; percipient (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)

Derivation:

see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)

see (see or watch)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An authoritative person who divines the future

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

oracle; prophesier; prophet; seer; vaticinator

Hypernyms ("seer" is a kind of...):

diviner (someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seer"):

augur; auspex ((ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy)

prophetess (a woman prophet)

sibyl ((ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet)