diviner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
  2. adjective satellite emanating from God
    godly; divine.
    • divine judgment
    • divine guidance
    • everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
  3. adjective satellite resulting from divine providence
    providential; divine.
    • providential care
    • a providential visitation
  4. adjective satellite being or having the nature of a god; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe
    godlike; divine.
    • the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier
    • the divine will
    • the divine capacity for love
    • 'Tis wise to learn
  5. adjective satellite devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
    divine.
    • divine worship
    • divine liturgy
  6. adjective satellite appropriate to or befitting a god
    godlike; divine.
    • the divine strength of Achilles
    • a man of godlike sagacity
    • man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref
  7. adjective satellite being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
    elysian; divine; inspired.
    • her pies were simply divine
    • the divine Shakespeare
    • an elysian meal
    • an inspired performance

WordNet


Di*vin"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
    The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2.
  2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. Locke.

Webster 1913