mind reader

mind reader
noun
1. someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
• Derivationally related forms: ↑telepathy (for: ↑telepathist)
• Hypernyms: ↑communicator
2. a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
• Syn: ↑telepathist, ↑thought-reader
• Derivationally related forms: ↑telepathy (for: ↑telepathist)
• Hypernyms: ↑magician, ↑prestidigitator, ↑conjurer, ↑conjuror, ↑illusionist

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noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
: 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.

“I think we should eat out tonight.” “You must be a mind reader: that's just what I was thinking myself!”

mind reading noun [noncount]

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