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单词 seer
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seer

(siːəʳ)
Word forms: plural seers
countable noun
A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future.
[literary]
...the writings of the 16th-century French seer, Nostradamus.
...the economic seers who regularly provide The Economist with forecasts.
Synonyms: prophet, augur, predictor, soothsayer More Synonyms of seer

seer in British English 1

(sɪə)
noun
1. 
a person who can supposedly see into the future; prophet
2. 
a person who professes supernatural powers
3. 
a person who sees
Derived forms
seeress (ˈseeress)
feminine noun

seer in British English 2

(sɪə)
noun
a variant spelling of ser

seer in American English 1

(ˈsiər; also, and for 2 usually, sɪr)
noun
1. 
a person who sees
2. 
a person with the supposed power to foretell events or a person's destiny; prophet

seer in American English 2

(sɪr)
noun
a varying unit of weight used in certain countries of Asia, esp. a unit of weight of India equal to 1⁄40 maund or 2.06 lb (.933 kg)
Word origin
Hindi sēr

Examples of 'seer' in a sentence
seer

No, certainly I mustn't play the mystical seer and pontificate as if I knew all the answers!
Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS (2001)
Apparently she'd been serving as a seer, something that no Clayr would think was a suitable occupation for people of their Blood.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who can supposedly see into the future
the writings of the 16th century French seer, Nostradamus
Synonyms
prophet
Merlin, the legendary magician and prophet
augur
predictor
soothsayer
You don't have to be a soothsayer to predict his likely tactics.
sibyl

Additional synonyms

in the sense of sibyl
Definition
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a prophetess
Synonyms
prophetess,
oracle,
Cassandra,
seer,
Pythia,
pythoness
in the sense of soothsayer
Definition
a person who makes predictions about the future
You don't have to be a soothsayer to predict his likely tactics.
Synonyms
prophet,
diviner,
oracle,
fortune-teller,
forecaster,
Cassandra,
seer,
clairvoyant,
augur,
sibyl,
prognosticator,
prophesier

Nearby words of
seer

  • seemly
  • seep
  • seepage
  • seer
  • seesaw
  • seethe
  • segment

Synonyms of 'seer'

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