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oracle

/ˈɔɹəkəl/noun3 syllables

Oracle means: an authoritative person who divines the future.

Synonyms for oracle18

noun, as in an authoritative person who divines the future

prophet, prophesier, seer, vaticinator

also used for oracle

expert, ariolater, Chaldean, clairvoyant, divinator, diviner, duckerer, foreteller, fortuneteller, precog, precognitive, predictor, prognosticator, pythonist

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What does oracle mean?3

noun

1

an authoritative person who divines the future

2

a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

3

a shrine where an oracular god is consulted

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Oracle in a sentence

  • Oracle bones discovered on this site provide the earliest records of Chinese writing.Cangarejo
  • I'm thinking about becoming an oracle.araneo
  • The oracle taught that the faith of the laity was the obverse of the gods' hidden despair.rul
  • The oracle said that higher knowledge would come only to the one who gave up the crown.rul

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Forms of oracle

as a noun

plural
oracles