oracle

oracle
n
1. wiseman, sage, prophet, sibyl; augur, seer, soothsayer, prognosticator, fortuneteller, foreteller, predictor, forecaster, foreseer; diviner, divina-tor, necromancer, magus, sorcerer, sorceress, spiritualist; theurgist, astrologer, horoscoper, astromancer, Obs. astrolog, star diviner, stargazer; dowser.
2. revelation, divine communication, answer, truth, advice, judgment, injunction; augury, prognostication, prophecy, prediction, prefigurement; vaticination, soothsaying, fortune, foretelling, divination; clairvoyance, second sight; omen, sign, portent, token, prognostic, presage, bodement; premonition, forewarning, foretoken.

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