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
Your boyfriend is not a mind reader.
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Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023
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
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Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023
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
See All Example Sentences for mind reader
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind reader
Noun
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After a woman named AP (Sriram) loses a tooth and is unexpectedly cast with a curse, psychics promise that it can be lifted by a measly $1,000 payment and animal sacrifice.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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Then, two days before his appointment, McCracken proposed hiring a psychic to hear the 12-year-old dog's final thoughts During the session, McCracken recorded.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Users and advertisers have fled the social media platform, partly in response to Musk’s promotion of conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi accounts.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police Officer who risked his life to defend the Capitol Building as Trump's supporters rioted in 2021, slammed Trump in a series of posts on the social media site Bluesky as the president was addressing Congress Tuesday night.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Mind reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind%20reader. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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