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 On the other side, the doctor is not a mind reader. Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023 Your boyfriend is not a mind reader. Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for mind reader
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Noun
  • Whoopi Goldberg is the fake psychic who has a hint of actual psychic power that she's forgotten about.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 May 2025
  • While MacKinnon says she's always had a special connection with animals, her first visit with a pet psychic in 2001 changed her perspective.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The particulars on the contract buyout are unknown at the moment, but confirmation from those in the media are that Clarkson will be signing with the New York Knicks.
    Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • But French did not heed the calls, and several MAGA media personalities and politicians expressed their support for him.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2025

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“Mind reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind%20reader. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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