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seer

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /sɪə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈsiːə(ɹ)/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northumbria: /ˈsiːɐ/
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -iːə(ɹ)
  • homophone: cere
  • homophone: sere
  • homophone: sear
  • homophone: sihr
  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who sees something; an eyewitness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of sihr.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of seasonal energy efficiency ratio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an authoritative person who divines the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prophet, prophesier, oracle, vaticinator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diviner

Narrower terms: augur, auspex, prophetess, sibyl

6

noun

Meaning 6

an observer who perceives visually

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an incurable seer of movies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder

7

noun

Meaning 7

a person with unusual powers of foresight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visionary, illusionist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intellectual, intellect

Narrower terms: anticipator, anticipant, diviner, fantast, futurist, forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer

History

Etymology

From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).

See sihr.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghwan: 𐔰𐕄𐔰𐔾 (aḳal) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Albanian: faltore — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Bulgarian: очевидец (očevidec) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Dutch: ooggetuige — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • French: témoin — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Galician: testemuña — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Georgian: მხედველი (mxedveli) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Hindi: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Italian: testimone — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Latvian: aculiecinieks — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Macedonian: оче́видец (očévidec) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Persian: بیننده (binande) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Polish: świadek — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Portuguese: testemunha — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Russian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Russian: свиде́тель (svidételʹ) — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Serbo-Croatian: очевидац — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Serbo-Croatian: očevidac — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Spanish: testigo — someone who sees something; an eyewitness
  • Asturian: adivín — someone who foretells the future
  • Asturian: vidente — someone who foretells the future
  • Belarusian: празорлівец (prazórlivjec) — someone who foretells the future
  • Belarusian: празарлівец (prazarlivjec) — someone who foretells the future
  • Belarusian: празорлівіца (prazórlivica) — someone who foretells the future
  • Belarusian: празарлівіца (prazarlivica) — someone who foretells the future
  • Bulgarian: пророк (prorok) — someone who foretells the future
  • Bulgarian: гадател (gadatel) — someone who foretells the future
  • Catalan: vident — someone who foretells the future
  • Catalan: endeví — someone who foretells the future
  • Catalan: endevinaire — someone who foretells the future
  • Catalan: endevinador — someone who foretells the future
  • Czech: jasnovidec — someone who foretells the future
  • Czech: prorok — someone who foretells the future
  • Czech: věštec — someone who foretells the future
  • Dutch: ziener — someone who foretells the future
  • Dutch: helderziende — someone who foretells the future
  • Finnish: näkijä — someone who foretells the future
  • Finnish: tietäjä — someone who foretells the future
  • French: voyant — someone who foretells the future
  • French: voyante — someone who foretells the future
  • French: devin — someone who foretells the future
  • Galician: vidente — someone who foretells the future
  • Galician: adiviño — someone who foretells the future
  • Galician: adiviña — someone who foretells the future
  • Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli) — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Seher — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Seherin — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Wahrsager — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Wahrsagerin — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Weissager — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Weissagerin — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Hellseher — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Hellseherin — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Visionär — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Visionärin — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Prophet — someone who foretells the future
  • German: Prophetin — someone who foretells the future
  • Ancient Greek: μάντις (mántis) — someone who foretells the future
  • Hindi: ऋषि (rishi) — someone who foretells the future
  • Hindi: दूरदर्शी (dūrdarśī) — someone who foretells the future
  • Hungarian: látnok — someone who foretells the future
  • Irish: fáidh — someone who foretells the future
  • Italian: veggente — someone who foretells the future
  • Italian: chiaroveggente — someone who foretells the future
  • Italian: indovino — someone who foretells the future
  • Latin: vātēs — someone who foretells the future
  • Latin: fatidica — someone who foretells the future
  • Latvian: pareģis — someone who foretells the future
  • Latvian: zīlētājs — someone who foretells the future
  • Lithuanian: pranašas — someone who foretells the future
  • Lithuanian: aiškiaregys — someone who foretells the future
  • Macedonian: јасно́видец (jasnóvidec) — someone who foretells the future
  • Macedonian: про́рок (prórok) — someone who foretells the future
  • Macedonian: гле́дач (glédač) — someone who foretells the future
  • Māori: matakite — someone who foretells the future
  • Māori: matatuhi — someone who foretells the future
  • Persian: پیشگو (pišgu) — someone who foretells the future
  • Polish: jasnowidz — someone who foretells the future
  • Polish: jasnowidzący — someone who foretells the future
  • Polish: jasnowidząca — someone who foretells the future
  • Portuguese: vidente — someone who foretells the future
  • Russian: прорица́тель (proricátelʹ) — someone who foretells the future
  • Russian: прови́дец (provídec) — someone who foretells the future
  • Russian: прови́дица (provídica) — someone who foretells the future
  • Scottish Gaelic: taibhsear — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: видовњак — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: пророк — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: пророчица — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: видјелац — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: vidovnjak — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: pròrok — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: pròročica — someone who foretells the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: vidjelac — someone who foretells the future
  • Slovak: jasnovidec — someone who foretells the future
  • Slovak: prorok — someone who foretells the future
  • Slovak: veštec — someone who foretells the future
  • Spanish: vidente — someone who foretells the future
  • Swedish: siare — someone who foretells the future
  • Swedish: sierska — someone who foretells the future
  • Tocharian B: rṣāke — someone who foretells the future
  • Turkish: falcı — someone who foretells the future
  • Ottoman Turkish: فالجی (falcı) — someone who foretells the future
  • Ukrainian: прови́дець (provýdecʹ) — someone who foretells the future
  • Ukrainian: прови́диця (provýdycja) — someone who foretells the future
  • Volapük: visionan — someone who foretells the future
  • Volapük: hivisionan — someone who foretells the future
  • Volapük: jivisionan — someone who foretells the future