HyperDic: fortune_telling

English > 1 sense of the expression fortune telling:
NOUNcognitionfortune telling, divination, foretelling, soothsayingthe art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
English > fortune telling: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
Synonymsdivination, foretelling, soothsaying
Narrowerarithmancydivination by means of numbers
dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancysearching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
geomancydivination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
hydromancydivination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
lithomancydivination by means of stones or stone talismans
necromancyConjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
oneiromancydivination through the interpretation of dreams
onomancydivination by the letters of a name
palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirologytelling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
pyromancydivination by fire or flames
Broaderprophecy, prognostication, vaticinationknowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
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