Seer — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person with unusual powers of foresight

an observer who perceives visually

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈiːɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈiːə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈiːə/

1 syllable Say it as /sˈiːɚ/.

Examples

an incurable seer of movies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

visionary oracle prophesier prophet illusionist vaticinator

Parts of Speech

noun	a person with unusual powers of foresight
noun	an observer who perceives visually “an incurable seer of movies”
noun	an authoritative person who divines the future

Word Forms

see	verb	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
prophetic	adjective	foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
oracular	adjective	resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
vaticinate	verb	predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Seher

eine Person mit ungewöhnlicher Weitsicht

🇫🇷French

voyant

une personne dotée de pouvoirs de prévoyance inhabituels

🇪🇸Spanish

vidente

una persona con inusuales poderes de previsión

🇮🇹Italian

veggente

una persona con insoliti poteri di lungimiranza

🇳🇱Dutch

ziener

een persoon met een ongebruikelijk vooruitziend vermogen

🇵🇹Portuguese

vidente

uma pessoa com poderes incomuns de previsão

🇷🇺Russian

провидец

человек с необычайными способностями к предвидению

India

🇮🇳Hindi

द्रष्टा

दूरदर्शिता की असामान्य शक्तियों वाला व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

দ্রষ্টা

দূরদর্শিতার অস্বাভাবিক ক্ষমতা সম্পন্ন একজন ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

பார்ப்பவர்

அசாதாரணமான தொலைநோக்கு சக்திகளைக் கொண்ட ஒரு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

చూసేవాడు

దూరదృష్టి యొక్క అసాధారణ శక్తులు కలిగిన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

द्रष्टा

दूरदृष्टीची असामान्य शक्ती असलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

દ્રષ્ટા

દૂરદર્શિતાની અસામાન્ય શક્તિઓ ધરાવતી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನೋಡುಗ

ದೂರದೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദർശകൻ

അസാധാരണമായ ദീർഘവീക്ഷണ ശക്തിയുള്ള ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦਰਸ਼ਕ

ਦੂਰਦਰਸ਼ਤਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਅਸਾਧਾਰਨ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

دیکھنے والا

دور اندیشی کی غیر معمولی طاقتوں والا شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

先知

具有非凡远见的人

🇯🇵Japanese

先見者

異常な予知能力を持つ人

🇰🇷Korean

시어

남다른 예지력을 가진 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhà tiên tri

một người có khả năng nhìn xa trông rộng khác thường

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้ทำนาย

บุคคลที่มีอำนาจในการมองการณ์ไกลที่ไม่ธรรมดา

🇮🇩Indonesian

peramal

seseorang dengan kekuatan pandangan ke depan yang tidak biasa

🇵🇭Filipino

tagakita

isang taong may di-pangkaraniwang kapangyarihan ng pag-iintindi sa kinabukasan

🇲🇾Malay

pelihat

seseorang yang mempunyai kuasa pandangan jauh yang luar biasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الرائي

شخص يتمتع بقدرات غير عادية من البصيرة

🇮🇷Persian

بیننده

فردی با قدرت غیرمعمول آینده نگری

🇹🇷Turkish

kahin

alışılmadık öngörü gücüne sahip bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוֹזֶה

אדם עם כוחות יוצאי דופן של ראיית הנולד

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