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Noun: diviner  di'vInu(r)
  1. Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
Adjective: divine (diviner,divinest)  di'vIn
  1. Emanating from God
    "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"
    - godly
     
  2. Resulting from divine providence
    - providential
     
  3. Being or having the nature of a god
    "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"
    - godlike
     
  4. Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
    "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"
     
  5. Appropriate to or befitting a god
    "the divine strength of Achilles"
    - godlike
     
  6. Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
    "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"
    - elysian, inspired

Derived forms: diviners

See also: divine, divinely, divinity, glorious, heavenly, sacred, superhuman

Type of: illusionist, seer, visionary

Encyclopedia: Divine

Diviner