C1nounsociety
US/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
UK/ˈprɒf.ɪt/
a person thought to carry messages from God; also, someone who tells what will happen or champions a new idea
In context
In the story, a prophet warned the king that a great flood was coming.
Economists are not prophets, and many failed to predict the crisis.
He became a prophet of the digital age, writing about the internet in the 1980s.
Words that go with prophet
noun + preposition
- prophet of doomIgnore the prophets of doom; the economy is actually growing.
adjective + noun
- false prophetThe cult leader was a false prophet who took people's money.
- great prophetMany religions honour him as a great prophet.
- ancient prophetThe words of an ancient prophet are carved on the temple wall.
- biblical prophetThe painting shows a biblical prophet speaking to a crowd.