Meanings
plural palmists
- A fortuneteller who uses palmistry.
Most palmists find that reading the marriage lines is a lot like predicting the weather: sometimes they are right on, and sometimes they're not even in the ballpark.
2008, Jon Saint-Germain, Lover's Guide to Palmistry: Finding Love in the Palm of Your Hand, →ISBN1 more example
While one can find lots of individual astrologers and graphologists, as well as an occasional palmist, psycho metrist or those astute in the reading of tarot cards or I Ching—Psychic Dimensions, Inc., has got it all together.
1970 November 28, Lisa Hammel, “Need an Occultist? Name Your Choice”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: chiromancer, handreader, palmister, palmster
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fortuneteller who uses palmistry.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from palmistry, equivalent to palm + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans palmleser
- palmlesera fortuneteller who uses palmistry
Ancient Greek χειρόμαντις
- χειρόμαντις (kheirómantis)a fortuneteller who uses palmistry
French chiromancien
- chiromanciena fortuneteller who uses palmistry
Irish dearnadóir
- dearnadóira fortuneteller who uses palmistry
Italian chiromante, chirologo
- chiromantea fortuneteller who uses palmistry
- chirologoa fortuneteller who uses palmistry
Japanese 手相見
- 手相見 (tesōmi)a fortuneteller who uses palmistry
Portuguese quiromante
- quiromantea fortuneteller who uses palmistry
Spanish quiromántico, quiromante
- quirománticoa fortuneteller who uses palmistry
- quiromantea fortuneteller who uses palmistry
- quirólogoa fortuneteller who uses palmistry
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Cite this entry
palmist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palmist
“palmist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palmist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palmist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palmist.
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