fortune telling

Examples

• All

• Hers was a specific kind of fortune telling.

  London Fields (2018)

• Oh, let's get our fortunes told, Jennifer!

  My Mom's a Werewolf (1989)

• I must have my fortune told.

  The World of Suzie Wong (1960)

• - I want my fortune told.

  The Bride Wore Red (1937)

• "Fortune telling is an art," Aunt Sally had taught me.

  Fiction book (1997)

• While men may have been charged more often with practicing medicine without a license, women were more frequently charged with fortune telling.

  Academic text (2007)

• It seems your fortune-telling skills are not as good as you thought.

  Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

• Spring Ryan was raised in the carnival by her get-rich-quick father and her fortune-telling mother.

  Blog text (22)

• Begging was often combined with other forms of devalued labor, including peddling small items, manual labor, seasonal construction work, petty crime, and providing services such as mourning or fortune telling.

  Academic text (2009)

• For those who subscribed to this belief system, fortune telling not only provided individuals with a modicum of control over otherwise oppressive and uncontrollable situations, it also offered a source of power and knowledge not possessed by the ruling class.

  Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

D

divination

vsfortune telling

8 9.9

The act of trying to find the future using magic or signs

focuses specifically on predicting a person's future rather than broader hidden knowledge

F

foretelling

vsfortune telling

1 6.8

To say what will happen in the future

is specifically a supernatural or mystical practice for gaining future insight

F

fortunetelling

vsfortune telling

1 6.5

To tell someone about their future, often for money, for example using cards or reading palms

focuses on supernatural insight rather than on payment or commercial service

S

soothsaying

vsfortune telling

• Archaic

9.9

Saying what will happen in the future using signs or magic

is the practical prediction of a person's future rather than an art form

How Credible

prophecy

142 6.2

fortune telling

5 5.8

divination

8 9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology