🔮oracle

Meaning

A person or source considered to provide wise and insightful advice or prophecy.

a person regarded as a source of wise counsel; in ancient times, a priest or priestess acting as a medium

Example Sentences

In ancient Greece, people visited the oracle at Delphi for guidance.

The ancient Greeks consulted the oracle at Delphi.

Example Expressions

consult the oracle

Synonyms

prophet, seer, sage, advisor, predictor, wise person

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prophet, seer, sage, advisor, predictor

Entry 2

prophet, seer, wise person, advisor

Antonyms

fool, ignorant, ignorant person, misleader

Entry 1

fool, ignorant

Entry 2

ignorant person, fool, misleader

Collocations

ancient oracle, oracle at Delphi, consult the oracle, trusted oracle, consult oracle, oracle of wisdom

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ancient oracle, oracle at Delphi, consult the oracle, trusted oracle

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ancient oracle, consult oracle, oracle of wisdom