diviner means one who foretells the future. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
diviner is pronounced /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/.
Why “diviner” is a great word
A person who attempts to foretell the future or discover hidden knowledge by interpreting signs or using tools. From Middle English *divinour*, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin *dīvīnātor* ('soothsayer'), from Latin *dīvīnāre* ('to foresee, to foretell'). Equivalent to divine + -er, the term is first attested in the 14th century. Unlike a “prophet,” who claims divine revelation, or a “clairvoyant,” who professes innate psychic sight, the diviner is a technician of the unseen, employing learned rituals and tools. She is the dowser in a sun-baked field, his hazel rod twitching over secret water; the scholar scrutinizing the entrails of a bird for a pattern in the chaos; the figure in a darkened tent, tracing lines in spilled sand—forever interpreting the world’s ambiguous signs because certainty is too heavy a burden to bear.
Etymology
From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.
noun
- One who foretells the future.“Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked”
- One who divines or conjectures.
- One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.