Synonyms of prophets

prophets

noun

plural of prophet

1

as in diviners

one who predicts future events or developments

an economist who is regarded by many as a reliable prophet of future developments in the global economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in spokesmen

a person who speaks for another or for a group

in the 1960s Timothy Leary gained fame as the gonzo prophet of the psychedelic movement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spokesmen
• mouthpieces
• speakers
• spokespeople
• ambassadors
• mouths
• point men
• point people
• promoters
• representatives
• communicators
• delegates
• talkers
• fronts
• envoys
• emissaries
• sayers
• shills
• agents
• spokeswomen
• spokesmodels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prophets

Oracles, prophets and practices of divination offered guidance from inscrutable or enigmatic sources when ordinary human judgment reached its limits. — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

This overarching label encompassed Anabaptists, Baptists, Brownists, Levelers, Antinomians, Presbyterians, Ranters and many of the highly individual prophets and seers of 1640s Britain. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

The long history of psychedelics and religion is filled with scientists, anthropologists, mystics, shamans, outlaws, and prophets, but these two men are, more than any others, the patron saints of our current psychedelic revival. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Or so claim these prophets of inverted doom who conjure a past that never was, as shaped by the fractured lens of the present. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and handed it down to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026