mind-reading
Knowing unspoken thoughts
Mind-reading is the supposed ability to perceive another person's thoughts directly, without verbal communication.
In fiction and parapsychology, it's treated as a psychic power.
In everyday use, it often appears negatively: I'm not a mind-reader—you have to tell me what you want.
The term also describes skillful inference of others' mental states from subtle cues.
Beyond ordinary perception
- brainwaveSudden clever idea
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
- transmissionSending of information
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
Extrasensory perception ability
- mediumMiddle size or state
- seerOne who envisions futures
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
divination · spiritualism · oracle · tarot · fortune-teller · mentalism · séance · psychometry
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
empathy · awareness · anticipation · inference · body-language · microexpressions · subconscious · impression
Intrusively inquisitive
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- boundary-crossingExceeding set limits
unwelcome · meddling · overstepping · presumptuous · nosy · surveillance · voyeuristic · unethical
extrasensory
Beyond ordinary perception
- brainwaveSudden clever idea
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
- transmissionSending of information
rapport · parapsychology · psi
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- mediumMiddle size or state
- seerOne who envisions futures
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
precognition · divination · spiritualism · oracle · tarot · fortune-teller · mentalism · séance · psychometry · mystic
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
discernment · empathy · awareness · anticipation · inference · body-language · microexpressions · subconscious · impression · sensitivity
prying
Intrusively inquisitive
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
boundary-crossing · unwelcome · meddling · overstepping · presumptuous · nosy · surveillance · voyeuristic · unethical · consent
Scanners
Cronenberg film about psychics
- superpowerDominant nation or magical ability
- mutantGenetically altered organism
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- psychic phenomenatelepathy, clairvoyance, ESP, precognition, extrasensory
- mindthought, cognition, consciousness, thinking, intellect
mind-readingspoken communication
Conveying meaning through voice
verbal expression · written communication · articulation · talking · telling
mind-readinginscrutability
Impossible to understand
poker face · secrecy · guardedness · closed book · opacity
read, mind, reading, reader, mindful, reminder, readable, readers, mentally