mind reader
Knows your thinking
A mind reader is someone who claims or appears to know another person's thoughts without being told.
The term covers stage performers who use tricks to simulate telepathy, supposed psychics who claim genuine powers, and ordinary people who seem uncannily perceptive: My wife is a mind reader—she always knows when something's bothering me.
The phrase often appears sarcastically: I'm not a mind reader; you have to tell me what you want.
One who perceives beyond senses
- mediumMiddle size or state
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
- seerOne who envisions futures
- fortune tellerOne who predicts futures
oracle · spiritualist · prophet · diviner · soothsayer · palmist · astrologer · channeler
Awareness beyond the senses
- ESPParanormal mental faculty
- brainwaveSudden clever idea
- psi23rd Greek letter
- psionicsPurported mental paranormal abilities
parapsychology · remote viewing · psychometry · sixth sense · neural link · Professor X · Jean Grey · Scanners
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- perceptivenessAbility to notice subtleties
anticipation · body language · microexpressions · tells · nonverbal cues · emotional intelligence · people skills · discernment
Mental comprehension of something
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- shared experienceEvent undergone by multiple people
mirroring · resonance · connection · supportiveness · active listening · perspective-taking · emotional awareness · tuning in
clairvoyant
One who perceives beyond senses
fortune teller · oracle · spiritualist · prophet · diviner · soothsayer · palmist · astrologer · channeler · sensitive
extrasensory perception
Awareness beyond the senses
psionics · parapsychology · remote viewing · psychometry · sixth sense · neural link · Professor X · Jean Grey · Scanners
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
perceptiveness · anticipation · body language · microexpressions · tells · nonverbal cues · emotional intelligence · people skills · discernment · sensitivity
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
shared experience · mirroring · resonance · connection · supportiveness · active listening · perspective-taking · emotional awareness · tuning in · relating
- Psychic Powerstelepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, psychic, precognition
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
- telepathytelepathy, telepath, ESP, extrasensory perception, psychic link
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, variety act, music hall, headliner
- Mentalistsmentalist, psychic, clairvoyant, remote viewer, hypnotist
- Assumptionsfalse assumption, stereotypes, generalizations, biases, prejudices