whisperer
noun
whis·per·er
ˈ(h)wi-spər-ər 
plural whisperers
1
: one that whispers
specifically
: rumormonger
2
a
: a person who excels at calming or training usually hard-to-manage animals using noncoercive methods based especially on an understanding of the animals' natural instincts
The last event of the day will be the horse whisperer breaking a wild horse and giving his testimony while he does it.—
Dale Carroll
Dale CarrollA lion that mauled a young woman to death in South Africa was under the care of a man known as the "lion whisperer" for his close interactions with the predators.—The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune
The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune
b
: a person who is unusually skilled at calmly guiding, influencing, or managing other people
Colleagues often call Williams the "child whisperer" because he reaches out with a quiet grace to children who need assistance and molds students who need to believe in their own future.—Annie Martin
Annie Martin
c
: a person considered to possess some extraordinary skill or talent in managing or dealing with something specified
Meatballs with spaghetti, meatball sliders, meatballs in a casserole, or just meatballs on the plate with a salad, my boys love them all, going so far as to call me the meatball whisperer.—Neely Myers
Neely MyersExamples of whisperer in a Sentence
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The company even proudly boasts about their personal pumpkin whisperer who reveals his gourd-growing secret.
—Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That film, like Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, features Haim sister Alana as well as Justin Bieber whisperer Dijon.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Concentrating on such individual choices is crucial to the appeal of the young-adult blockbuster, which is adapted from a series by the teenager-whisperer Jenny Han.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
So, sure, Riley is the quarterback whisperer who has developed three Heisman Trophy-winners at the position (Caleb Williams at USC and Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield at Oklahoma, 2017), plus a runner-up in Jalen Hurts.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
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Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That film, like Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, features Haim sister Alana as well as Justin Bieber whisperer Dijon.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Concentrating on such individual choices is crucial to the appeal of the young-adult blockbuster, which is adapted from a series by the teenager-whisperer Jenny Han.
—Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
So, sure, Riley is the quarterback whisperer who has developed three Heisman Trophy-winners at the position (Caleb Williams at USC and Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield at Oklahoma, 2017), plus a runner-up in Jalen Hurts.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Whisperer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whisperer. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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