- telepathist, thought-reader, mental telepathist, mind reader - someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
--1 is a kind of communicator
- mind reader, telepathist, thought-reader - a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
--2 is a kind of magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist