fortuneteller
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Definition
Noun: A person who claims to predict or reveal an individual's future, often using specific methods, tools, or purported psychic abilities.
Usage
The term "fortuneteller" refers to a person whose occupation or practice is to tell people about their future. It is used as a countable noun.
Examples
- She visited a fortuneteller at the fair to learn about her career prospects.
- The fortuneteller gazed into her crystal ball and made a prediction.
- He didn't believe the fortuneteller's warning about a long journey.
Advanced Usage
- "To play the fortuneteller": To speculate about future events, often in a non-professional context.
- I don't want to play the fortuneteller, but I think this new policy will be very popular.
Variants and Related Words
- Fortune-telling (n): The practice of predicting the future.
- She was curious about the art of fortune-telling.
- Fortune-teller (n): An alternative spelling with a hyphen.
Synonyms
- Soothsayer: A person who foretells future events.
- Prophet: A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God; or, more generally, someone who predicts the future.
- Seer: A person who is supposed to be able, through supernatural insight, to see what the future holds.
- Clairvoyant: A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Crystal ball gazer: A fortuneteller who uses a crystal ball; often used metaphorically for anyone trying to predict uncertain future events.
- Economists are not mere crystal ball gazers; they use complex data models.
Noun
- a person who foretells your personal future