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.
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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
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind reader
Noun
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In their search for Nam’s father, Nam and Hoa enlist the help of a famed psychic who specializes in locating soldiers’ remains.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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Instead the psychics, who turned out to be mother and daughter, split us up: Hechinger in the back room, me in the front.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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This is the film that launched a million Fangoria subscriptions, its troubled telepaths diving into vein-popping psionic warfare.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Oct. 2024
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What has caught both Chinese and international eyes is the distinctive style Yi Ming has created, fusing Eastern and Western traditions and both traditional and modern approaches to visual media.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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When there was pushback that She the People was given a no-contract bid, Ellis argued that her friend’s organization was the only one in San Francisco qualified to produce a high-quality media campaign.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Mind reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind%20reader. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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