fortune teller

Examples

• All

• The fortune teller followed my lead and described my future love as looking just like Nina.

  Ageless Love (2022)

• Much to Quick's dismay, the fortune teller divined that he would soon meet a woman with whom he would have an amorous affair.

  Academic text (2007)

• Run back and give the fortune-teller this message:

  The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

• You want to go see a fortune teller?

  Ficciones (2021)

• You went to a fortune teller or something?

  He Got Game (1998)

• Angel said the police found Grandpa in a fortune-teller's shop.

  Phua Chu Kang The Movie (2010)

• Ashley wants to be a fortune-teller.

  Camp Blood 8: Revelations (2020)

• Nick said, "What I mean is, I'm not exactly a fortune-teller."

  Fiction book (2002)

• You don't need a fortune teller.

  Celebrity (1998)

• People tell me you're some kind of fortune-teller.

  Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

P

psychic

vsfortune teller

208 7.3

A person who says they can know things beyond normal senses, like predicting the future

focuses on claiming to tell an individual's future using concrete mystical methods

S

seer

vsfortune teller

23 8.0

A person who says they can see the future

is a less spiritual, more hands-on claim using ordinary divination tools

A

astrologer

vsfortune teller

15 7.9

A person who says the Sun, Moon, and planets show your future

includes other mystical techniques beyond interpreting planets for personal futures

S

soothsayer

vsfortune teller

• Archaic

9 9.9

A person who says they can tell the future

is a more casual, often practical claim using simple mystical tools

C

clairvoyant

vsfortune teller

9 9.5

A person who says they can see events before they happen

uses external mystical tools and practices rather than inner perception

P

prognosticator

vsfortune teller

8 9.5

A person who predicts future events using knowledge or signs

focuses on intimate personal future predictions with mystical tools rather than data

F

fortuneteller

vsfortune teller

4 6.5

A person who says they can see someone's future, often using cards or palm reading

is written as a single compound word rather than two words

D

diviner

vsfortune teller

3 9.9

A person who says they can learn hidden things or predict the future using spiritual ways

focuses specifically on predicting an individual's future with mystical tools

P

predictor

vsfortune teller

2 4.4

A person who says what will happen using knowledge or data

is not data based but relies on claimed mystical signs and tools

A

astrologist

vsfortune teller

2 7.8

A person who says what will happen by looking at the sun, moon, and planets

is a wider term covering multiple common mystical methods, not only astrology

P

palmist

vsfortune teller

1 9.2

A person who reads lines on a hand to tell the future

is broader, using many mystical methods not only palm reading

S

seeress

vsfortune teller

• Literature

1 9.9

A woman who says she can see the future

is the gender neutral term for similar claiming predictive activity

F

farseer

vsfortune teller

• Literature

1 9.9

A person who says what will happen in the future

is focused on claimed mystical tools rather than learned skill or analysis

P

palmister

vsfortune teller

• UK

9.9

A person who reads the lines on your palm to tell your future

is more general, using varied mystical tools beyond hand interpretation

C

chiromancer

vsfortune teller

9.9

A person who reads the lines on someone's palm to predict their future

focuses on broader divination practices rather than only reading palms

O

oneiromancer

vsfortune teller

• Literature

9.9

A person who says they can tell the future from dreams

uses other external methods like cards or palms rather than dream signs

P

prophesier

vsfortune teller

9.1

A person who predicts future events

is a less formal, more ordinary claim using tools rather than authority

V

vaticinator

vsfortune teller

• Archaic

9.9

A person who says what will happen in the future, often as a job

tends to be a casual personal claim using divination objects rather than professional authority

How Credible

prophet

39 5.1

oracle

• Literature

14 8.9

seer

23 8.0

fortune teller

16 3.5

charlatan

• Offensive

38 8.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology