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Definitions for Sibyl

[1] any of certain women of antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy or divination.
[2] a female prophet or witch.
[3] a female given name.
[4] (in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld
[5] a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress

Words related to Sibyl

seer, forecaster, bard, auspex, prognosticator, magus, wizard, reader, soothsayer, sorcerer, medium, witch, fortuneteller, clairvoyant, diviner, astrologer, oracle, augur, prophetess, druid

Words nearby Sibyl

sibiu, sibling, sibling species, sibship, sibuyan sea, sibyl, sibylla, sibylline, sibylline books, sic, sic passim

Origin of Sibyl

1250–1300; < Greek Síbylla Sibylla; replacing Middle English Sibil < Medieval Latin Sibilla < Greek, as above

Word origin for Sibyl

C13: ultimately from Greek Sibulla, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Sibyl

astrologer, augur, auspex, bard, clairvoyant, diviner, druid, forecaster, fortuneteller, magus, medium, meteorologist, oracle, palmist, predictor, prognosticator, prophesier, prophetess, reader, seer, soothsayer, sorcerer, vaticinator, witch, wizard, evocator, foreteller, haruspex, horoscopist, ovate, seeress, tea-leaf reader