What is another word for fortuneteller?

Pronunciation: [fˈɔːt͡ʃuːntˌɛlə] (IPA)

A fortuneteller is someone who claims to be able to predict future events through some sort of supernatural means. While this term is the most commonly used, there are a number of synonyms that can be used to describe someone who practices divination or fortune telling. Some of these alternatives include clairvoyant, seer, soothsayer, prophet, diviner, augur, prognosticator, mystic, oracle and psychic. Each term may carry a slightly different connotation, but all refer to someone who purports to have the ability to foretell future events or interpret signs and omens. Regardless of the term used, it is important to approach fortunetelling with a critical eye and not take predictions as absolute truth.

What are the hypernyms for Fortuneteller?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Fortuneteller

The significance of spilled ink could not be read unless, like many superstitious Thais, he were to seek a fortuneteller-mendicant sitting on a sheet or straw mat on a sidewalk or in a park.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
Madame took it into her head to consult a fortuneteller, called Madame Bontemps, who had told M. de Bernis's fortune, as I have already related, and had surprised him by her predictions.
"The Memoirs of Louis XV. and XVI., Volume 2 Being Secret Memoirs of Madame du Hausset, Lady's Maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of an Unknown English Girl and The Princess Lamballe"
Madame du Hausset, and of an Unknown English Girl and the Princess Lamballe
All this being accomplished, nothing remained but to give notice to the fortuneteller; we waited for a little excursion to Paris, which Madame was to take, to look at her house.
"The Memoirs of Louis XV. and XVI., Volume 2 Being Secret Memoirs of Madame du Hausset, Lady's Maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of an Unknown English Girl and The Princess Lamballe"
Madame du Hausset, and of an Unknown English Girl and the Princess Lamballe

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