Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreteller

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: fore-teller
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who foretells.

Example Sentences

"But Powers, a former staff writer at The Washington Post who has written extensively on media and technology, is not simply an earnest foreteller of doom."

Etymology

From foretell + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: foretell

Inflected Forms

foretellers (plural)

Synonyms

prognosticator prophet seer oracle

Questions

What does foreteller mean?: Someone who foretells.
Where does foreteller come from?: From foretell + -er.

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