Definition of DIVINER

diviner

Meanings

Plural: diviners

Noun

  • someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
  • One who foretells the future.
  • One who divines or conjectures.
  • One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Adjective Satellite

  • emanating from God; ; ; -Saturday Review
  • resulting from divine providence
  • being or having the nature of a god; -J.G.Frazier; ; ; -J.G.Saxe
  • devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
  • appropriate to or befitting a god; ; ; -R.H.Roveref
  • being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

Adj

  • comparative form of divine: more divine

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

divine, dowser, elysian, foreteller, fortune-teller, godlike, godly, inspired, prophet, providential, seer, soothsayer, water diviner

Scrabble Score: 11

diviner is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
diviner is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
diviner is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

diviner is a valid Words With Friends word