fortune-telling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of fortune-tellingnext
as in predicting

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fortune-telling

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noun

as in divination

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-telling
  1. divination
  2. soothsaying
  3. wondrous
Noun
  • Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Here are five examples of divination techniques that different cultures have developed to cope with life’s uncertainties.
    Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of divination
Noun
  • It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Definition of soothsaying
Adjective
  • For example, collectors delighted in displaying wondrous fabrications and mythological beings in their curiosity cabinets, from ersatz dragons to many-headed hydra.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Japanese publisher Capcom goes out of its way to create believable ecosystems populated with strange, wondrous beasts, only to give the player a gigantic sword to carve through it all.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of wondrous
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