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FORTUNE TELLER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who foretells your personal future

Synonyms:

fortune teller; fortuneteller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fortune teller" is a kind of...):

forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fortune teller"):

chiromancer; palmist; palmister (fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms)

sibyl (a woman who tells fortunes)

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