as in medium
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
a celebrity psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages
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as in mystical
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as in telepathic
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Recent Examples of psychic
Andy Swift, TVLine, 13 July 2025
The late banker then seeks help from psychic Old Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to shield Jensen from Brunner's nefarious plans.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 13 July 2025
Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
While some pet psychics may use different approaches to communicate with an animal, MacKinnon prefers not to see a photo or video of a pet before a session.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Ada’s desire to connect with her late husband leads to a house call from an eccentric psychic (Martin), though their seance is cut short when Agnes comes home and goes all Jesus-in-the-temple on the whole thing.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 13 July 2025
The late banker then seeks help from psychic Old Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to shield Jensen from Brunner's nefarious plans.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 13 July 2025
Adjective
While MacKinnon says she's always had a special connection with animals, her first visit with a pet psychic in 2001 changed her perspective.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
While some pet psychics may use different approaches to communicate with an animal, MacKinnon prefers not to see a photo or video of a pet before a session.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychic
Noun
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The news conference garnered national media coverage.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
28 July 2025
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The menu features Detroit-style pizzas in small (2 slices), medium (6 slices), and large (8 slices).—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Fred is left to make sense of his wife’s disappearance in a story that takes a mystical turn.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
17 July 2025
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Part of what makes the garden in the novel seem so mystical is the illusion that every surface is covered with flowers and plants.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.—
Keith BieryGolick,
Cincinnati.com,
28 Aug. 2019
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Credit Gus Malzahn for being proactive and thinking long-term in choosing his starting quarterback.—
Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com,
al,
22 Aug. 2019
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Further, there’s some worry that by spending thousands of years finding and gentling (or executing) male channelers, humanity has begun to self-select channeling out of the gene pool.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
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Along with Nynaeve and, to a lesser extent, Alayne, Egwene is one of the most naturally powerful channelers the Aes Sedai have ever seen.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For a woman who devotes herself to God is a mystic, whereas a woman who lusts after a mortal man is a fool.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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The man from Osaka’s right arm is almost mystic, like one of California’s solemn redwoods.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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Presented as an academic study of destructively codependent telepaths, Stereo is basically a dry run to the later Scanners, emphasis on the dry.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Her tales of power-hungry telepaths and erotic alien encounters are now canonical, in science fiction and beyond.—
Stephen Kearse,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Vendors will offer beads, minerals, gemstones, custom jewelry, fossils, artifacts, and metaphysical stones.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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This exchange happens near the beginning of The Stone Door, Leonora Carrington’s metaphysical novel of the Second World War, in a dream of her nameless narrator.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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In recent years, however, the channel has integrated more and more closely with commissioning for Paramount+ UK.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
31 July 2025
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WHSmith’s move towards the airport and travel channel has been in the works for some years, but was crystallized in March 2025 when the company announced the sale of its entire U.K. High Street business to Modella Capital.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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