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FORTUNETELLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fortuneteller mean?
• FORTUNETELLER (noun)
The noun FORTUNETELLER has 1 sense:
1. a person who foretells your personal future
Familiarity information: FORTUNETELLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who foretells your personal future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fortune teller; fortuneteller
Hypernyms ("fortuneteller" 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 "fortuneteller"):
chiromancer; palmist; palmister (fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms)
sibyl (a woman who tells fortunes)
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