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 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 By the end, the camera has become a mind reader. Vulture, 25 Apr. 2022 This person is the leader’s eyes, ears and mind reader. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for mind reader
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Noun
  • Instead the psychics, who turned out to be mother and daughter, split us up: Hechinger in the back room, me in the front.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Determined to rid their house of evil, Malcolm turns to unconventional ghost hunters, priests and psychics, leading to a series of increasingly absurd attempts to exorcise the demon.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • This is the film that launched a million Fangoria subscriptions, its troubled telepaths diving into vein-popping psionic warfare.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Forest have worked hard to make improvements to the City Ground to transform it into a Premier League-quality stadium over the past few years, including extensive work to modernise the changing rooms and the media facilities.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • And earlier this week, leadership at The Star and several other local media outlets, including KCUR, issued an open letter urging Lucas and the city to restore transparency that has eroded under Lucas and Platt’s tenure.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025

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

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