Synonyms for fortune-telling
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-chuh n-tel-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for fortune-telling Other synonyms for the word fortune-telling
- alchemy
- allurement
- astrology
- augury
- bewitchment
- black art
- cast
- conjecture
- conjuration
- conjuring
- conjury
- crystal gazing
- devilry
- diabolism
- discernment
- divination
- dope
- enchantment
- ESP
- exorcism
- extra sensory perception
- feeling
- foreboding
- foreknowledge
- foresight
- foretelling
- fortune-telling
- hocuspocus
- horoscope
- horoscopy
- hunch
- incantation
- insight
- intuition
- legerdemain
- magnetism
- necromancy
- occultism
- of event anticipation
- of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra
- omen
- outlook
- palmistry
- penetration
- perception
- power
- prediction
- premonition
- presage
- prestidigitation
- prevision
- prognostication
- projection
- prophecy
- psyche
- rune
- second sight
- sixth sense
- sleight of hand
- soothsaying
- sorcery
- sortilege
- spell
- superstition
- surmising
- taboo
- telepathy
- thaumaturgy
- theurgy
- tip
- trickery
- vaticination
- voodoo
- voodooism
- witchcraft
- witchery
- witching
- zodiac
Définition of fortune-telling
- As in magic : noun supernatural power; appearance
- As in precognition : noun clairvoyance
- As in prediction : noun declaration made in advance
- As in prestidigitation : noun magic
- As in prognostication : noun prediction
- As in thaumaturgy : noun magic
- As in theurgy : noun magic
- "I don't get my fortune-telling out of anybody's book of anything," he said.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- He had to protest that the fortune-telling cards were absolutely innocent.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- Praising and petting and alluring and crying-up are half of fortune-telling.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- They practised astrology as well as astronomy and fortune-telling.
- Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali
- How do I know—never mind; but a nice book it is—no love, no fortune-telling in it.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- Not exactly; but you seem to know everything; you mentioned, I think, fortune-telling.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- His answer completed the discomfiture of aunt Chance's fortune-telling.
- Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
- As late as the fifth century the Druids kept their skill in fortune-telling.
- Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
- Marie was clever at fortune-telling, indulging in a light irony that amused the crowd.
- Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
- I have found a fortune-telling, second-sighted person in the car.
- Extract from : « Betty Leicester » by Sarah Orne Jewett
Antonyms for fortune-telling
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