FORTUNE TELLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fortune teller mean? 

• FORTUNE TELLER (noun)
  The noun FORTUNE TELLER has 1 sense:

1. a person who foretells your personal future

  Familiarity information: FORTUNE TELLER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORTUNE TELLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who foretells your personal future

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fortune teller; fortuneteller

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)