as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
Worried the house may be haunted, the family hired a clairvoyant to interpret its energy.
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Norway’s princess, Märtha Louise, claims to be a clairvoyant who can communicate with angels.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Coming 12 years after Farmiga and Patrick Wilson’s first Conjuring movie, The Conjuring: Last Rites marks the pair’s fifth and final film playing real-life clairvoyant Lorraine Warren and her husband, demonologist Ed Warren, in The Conjuring Cinematic Universe.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As divination witch Lilia (Patti LuPone) does one final tarot reading to complete her quest, the clairvoyant sees the true identity of their wayward traveling companion.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
The clairvoyant then watched his team record a three-spot against the Tigers in the opening frame.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
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Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Coming 12 years after Farmiga and Patrick Wilson’s first Conjuring movie, The Conjuring: Last Rites marks the pair’s fifth and final film playing real-life clairvoyant Lorraine Warren and her husband, demonologist Ed Warren, in The Conjuring Cinematic Universe.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As divination witch Lilia (Patti LuPone) does one final tarot reading to complete her quest, the clairvoyant sees the true identity of their wayward traveling companion.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
The clairvoyant then watched his team record a three-spot against the Tigers in the opening frame.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clairvoyant
psychic
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The town, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to mediums, psychics and healers, many practicing out of their homes.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Clairvoyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clairvoyant. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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