oracles

• Cassandras
• Jeremiahs
• astrologers
• augurs
• crystal gazers
• diviners
• doomsayers
• doomsdayers
• forecasters
• foreseers
• foretellers
• fortune-tellers
• futurists
• mystics
• palmists
• prognosticators
• prophesiers
• prophetesses
• prophets
• rhabdomancers
• seers
• sibyls
• soothsayers
• visionaries
• wisewomen

• noun
  1. A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
  2. A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
  3. A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
  4. A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
  5. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
  6. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
  7. A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
  8. (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
• verb
  1. To utter oracles or prophecies.

• The ancient oracles were consulted by kings for important decisions.
• Many cultures had their own oracles who shared divine messages.
• The oracles often spoke in cryptic language that was hard to interpret.
• In the story, the heroes sought advice from several oracles on their quest.
• Some modern-day oracles claim to have psychic abilities.

palmists

visionaries

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