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adjective

Definition of fortune-tellingnext
as in predicting

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noun

as in divination

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Recent Examples of fortune-telling
Adjective
Thoughts of all the beautiful, mundane, familiar things that make life so sweet had turned sour in my ominous fortune-telling. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-telling
  1. wondrous
  2. divination
  3. soothsaying
  4. forecasting
  5. divining
  6. foretelling
  7. predicting
Adjective
  • This time, eager to be more creative and wondrous with my Airbnb selections.
    — Sara Sturek, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The movie is deadpan-funny but also shares the sisters’ romantic conviction that the world could reveal something truly wondrous.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of wondrous
Noun
  • Kylie’s divinations lead her to a small English town called Thornfield.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Other common practices among Druids include the celebration of seasonal festivals, meditation, and divination.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of divination
Noun
  • While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That is to say, it was preceded by soothsayings of unparalleled gloom, which faded at the first kick of a ball.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of soothsaying
Noun
  • Now, Lee’s forecasting that AI will unleash more radical changes inside the world’s companies than most CEOs expect — and this could reshape the competition between those two economies once again.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Emphasizing this approach could also lead to better forecasting, early warnings and planning that takes climate change into account to protect people in vulnerable regions around the world.
    — Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of forecasting
Noun
  • Practice divining with an obsidian mirror.
    — Sandra Cisneros, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Astronauts could, in principle, descend into the treacherously dark and cold craters to look for themselves, but most of this water divining will be conducting by robots.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of divining
Noun
  • In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases .
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of foretelling
Noun
  • With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Fortune-telling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortune-telling. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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