oracle

Meanings

Plural: oracles

Noun

• an authoritative person who divines the future
• a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
• a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
• A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
• A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
• A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
• Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration.
• A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
• A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
• A fortune-teller.
• One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
• The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
• A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
• A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.

Verb

• To utter oracles or prophecies.

Synonyms

ariolater, Chaldean, clairvoyant, divinator, diviner, duckerer, expert, foreteller, fortuneteller, oracle, precog, precognitive, predictor, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, pythonist, scryer, seer, soothsayer, sortilegus, spaer, vaticinator

Related Words

divination, magician, precognition, predict, shape-shifter