Synonyms of fortune-teller

fortune-teller

noun

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments

the carnival's fortune-teller should have predicted that I'd pass right by her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviner
• prophet
• forecaster
• soothsayer
• sibyl
• mystic
• oracle
• seer
• prognosticator
• foreteller
• futurist
• augur
• visionary
• prophetess
• foreseer
• astrologer
• palmist
• prophesier
• wisewoman
• Cassandra
• Jeremiah
• doomsayer
• crystal gazer
• doomsdayer
• rhabdomancer

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of fortune-teller

But Agatha All Along gives Hahn even more room to flex and vamp as Agatha’s hunt for a coven leads her to other witches like wellness guru Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata), fortune teller Lilia Calderu (Patti LuPone), and security guard Alice Wu-Gulliver (Ali Ahn) — all of whom see her as a threat. —Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024

Divinations will be provided by the fortune teller Lilia Calderu (Patti Lupone, hitting all the right camp notes). —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024

More recently, courts have increasingly viewed bans on fortune tellers with skepticism on First Amendment grounds. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 June 2024

One of those creepy mechanical fortune tellers found at the carnivals of yesteryear offers one of them the chance to return to life, setting up a showdown for the youths to make their case for living. —Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024