fortune telling

1. 1.

   the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

   Synonymsdivinationforetellingsoothsaying

   Broaderprophecy

   Narrowerarithmancydowsegeomancyhydromancylithomancynecromancyoneiromancyonomancypalmistrypyromancy

Questions about fortune telling

What does fortune telling mean?

fortune telling means "the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means".

What is another word for fortune telling?

Close synonyms include divination, foretelling, soothsaying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fortune telling a common word?

fortune telling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.