Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fortune_telling

1 sense of fortune telling

Sense 1
divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling -- (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)
       => prophecy, prognostication, vaticination -- (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))


1 sense of fortunetelling

Sense 1
fortunetelling -- (the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment))
       => prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication -- (a statement made about the future)