fortune tellernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn ˌtel.ər/us/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn ˌtel.ɚ/a person who tells you what they think will happen to you in the future
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who make predictions
- clairvoyant
- forecaster
- harbinger
- palmist
- prophet
- prophetess
- psychic
- seer
- sibyl
- soothsayer
- visionary
Examples from literature
- An astonishing number of them consult palmists, soothsayers, and fortune tellers.
- Every fortune teller I ever saw told me that no one understood me.
- Had another fortune teller tell his fortune.
- We worked along the hill up to where the fortune teller had said the money was.
- What if he's gone and cut himself badly, always digging and making holes in the ground, since that silly old fortune teller said he would find a mine on the farm.