FORTUNE-TELLERS Synonyms: 25 Similar Words

fortune-tellers

noun

plural of fortune-teller

as in diviners

one who predicts future events or developments the carnival's fortune-teller should have predicted that I'd pass right by her

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Recent Examples of fortune-tellers This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026 Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of diviners

Noun

Weather forecasters collapse a hugely complex atmosphere into a two-dimensional map, knowing that two skilled people will draw different predictions from the same input.

— Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Comfortable late-summer weather will give way to hotter, more humid conditions in the Kansas City area this weekend, with temperatures climbing into the 90s, forecasters say.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecasters

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This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

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