Synonyms of fortune-teller

fortune-teller

noun

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments

the carnival's fortune-teller should have predicted that I'd pass right by her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviner
• prophet
• forecaster
• soothsayer
• sibyl
• mystic
• oracle
• seer
• prognosticator
• foreteller
• futurist
• augur
• visionary
• prophetess
• foreseer
• astrologer
• palmist
• prophesier
• wisewoman
• Cassandra
• Jeremiah
• doomsayer
• crystal gazer
• doomsdayer
• rhabdomancer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fortune-teller

The first teaser for the film lays out that mission, with Gail speaking with a fortune teller who knows way too well the specifics of Gail’s situation and sets her on her path forward. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026

Toombs is best known today as the face of fortune teller Madame Leota inside the crystal ball in the Haunted Mansion’s seance circle at Disneyland. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026

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

In mid-19th century Iran, painter Nowruz falls for a fearlessly defiant Roma fortune teller, sparking their desperate flight and a tragic saga echoing down generations, the synopsis runs. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026

And unlike carnival fortune teller, this is a celebrated profession, to be placed on billboards that tower over the city. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026

The action does slow down at times, as in the arrival of a fortune teller (an otherworldly Rhonda Boutté) whose message is that the past is harder to predict than the future. — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026