Oracle

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.

Synonyms

 * (priest acting as conduit of prophecy): prophet
 * (person who is a source of wisdom): expert

Adjectives for Oracle
godlike; riddling; received; heathen; sublime; prescient; stalking; ambiguous; literary; ancient; mendacious; burning; commanding.

Thesaurus
Cassandra, Delphian oracle, Delphic oracle, Delphic tripod, Dodona, Pythian oracle, Python, adage, advice, ana, analects, answer, aphorism, apocalypse, apothegm, augur, augury, authority, axiom, byword, catchword, collected sayings, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, divination, diviner, doctor, elder, elder statesman, epigram, expression, fortune-teller, gnome, golden saying, great soul, guru, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, maxim, mentor, message, moral, mot, motto, philosopher, phrase, pithy saying, precept, prediction, prescript, prognostication, prognosticator, prophecy, prophet, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, rabbi, rishi, sage, sapient, savant, saw, saying, scholar, seer, sentence, sententious expression, sibyl, sloka, soothsayer, starets, stock saying, sutra, teaching, text, thinker, verse, vision, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise man, wise old man, wise saying, witticism, wizard, word, words of wisdom

Etymology
From oracle.

Pronunciation
/ɔrəkəl/

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: χρησμός


 * Slovene:
 * Turkish: kâhin


 * German:


 * Polish: wyrocznia


 * Esperanto:


 * : oracle
 * : Orakel


 * : oracolo
 * : oráculo

Anagrams

 * Carole
 * coaler

Noun

 * 1) oracle

Etymology
From oraculum.

Anagrams

 * Carole
 * racole, racolé