mind reader

as in psychic
someone who is able to know another person's thoughts without being told what they are; someone who is able to read minds How was I supposed to know what you were thinking? I'm no mind reader.

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Recent Examples of mind reader People are not mind readers. Annie Lane, oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023 Zach Collins does not profess to be a mind reader. Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2023 By the end, the camera has become a mind reader. Vulture, 25 Apr. 2022 This person is the leader’s eyes, ears and mind reader. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for mind reader
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Noun
  • While some pet psychics may use different approaches to communicate with an animal, MacKinnon prefers not to see a photo or video of a pet before a session.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Future speakers will include psychics, energy healers and people who deal with spells and other otherworldly topics, Antico said.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
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  • Presented as an academic study of destructively codependent telepaths, Stereo is basically a dry run to the later Scanners, emphasis on the dry.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Her tales of power-hungry telepaths and erotic alien encounters are now canonical, in science fiction and beyond.
    Stephen Kearse, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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  • Iranian officials and state media have confirmed the bombings, but said the three nuclear facilities had previously been evacuated.
    Colin Meyn, The Hill, 22 June 2025
  • Iranian state media quoted the country’s National Nuclear Safety System Center, which published a statement saying its radiation detectors had recorded no radioactive release after the strikes.
    Sam Mednick, Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2025

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“Mind reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind%20reader. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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