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
Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
Evans, also known as Jolene Travis or Joy Paige, allegedly advertised psychic services on social media to people struggling with dating, divorce, death and other personal issues, according to court documents.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
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Noun
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
Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
In the most parochial place that ever was or ever will be, authenticity functions as a means of psychic gatekeeping, and someone who doesn’t speak the lingua Francona isn’t someone who’s worth listening to when the game’s on.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
Evans, also known as Jolene Travis or Joy Paige, allegedly advertised psychic services on social media to people struggling with dating, divorce, death and other personal issues, according to court documents.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychic
Noun
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The hoops expert shared that and other pre-draft thoughts during a Thursday conference call with media.—
Gary Bedore
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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Change is uncomfortable, yes, especially in a medium as intimate as this one, but change is also something required in any kind of expansion.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Leonora Carrington‘s mystical menagerie has a new home at Almine Rech.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
13 June 2026
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There’s something mystical about it.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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In this suspense thriller, Kipp — a telepathic Golden Retriever — is determined to protect Woody, a young non-verbal boy investigating the suspicious death of his father.—
Camille Perri,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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The titular bear, who communicates with the girl through language—seemingly telepathic—plays a crucial role in her survival.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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For a brief and beautiful moment, Cary and I hoped Sister Elsie Peak would turn out to be named after Elsie Wheeler, a spiritualist medium whose own story relates to an astrological tool.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Hungry for food, Suzanne wanders into the empty trailer of the carnival’s veteran spiritualist and winds up being mistaken for her.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The mystic chords that bind us together matter more than any policy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Operating within those parameters, the mystic outlands trend extends to some of the world’s most mesmerizing corners.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Humor can release the writer from values of the past, along with judgment and disapproval, and instead, humor can become the very conduit for re-thinking events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Nov. 2025
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Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.—
Keith BieryGolick,
Cincinnati.com,
28 Aug. 2019
Noun
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As the country’s preeminent Donald Trump channeler, James Austin Johnson has been spending some time doing White House grinchiness lately.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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To come in the presence of an artist who was such a channeler of spirit through their work is such a privilege.—
Eileen Finan,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Instrumental rock music of the kind Horse Lords make—hypnotic, hyper-focused, complex—usually carries a whiff of manifesto, offering a map toward transcendence of some political, metaphysical, or pick-your-variety kind.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
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Rationality lurks in theology from the beginning, just as philosophy never shakes off its yearning for the metaphysical.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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