Definition of DIVINER

diviner

Plural: diviners

Noun

  • One who foretells the future or discovers things by intuition.
  • 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

Examples

  • The Scrabble DIVINER always seemed to know which letters his opponent held.

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

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

diviner: valid Words With Friends Word