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noun

Definition of psychicnext
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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adjective

variants also psychical
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as in mystical

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as in telepathic

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Recent Examples of psychic
Noun
From musty star maps to ratty psychics, the movie so adores Los Angeles that Thomas Lennon’s hair stylist character is a riff on local billboard king Chaz Dean. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Terazawa is working on her second novel, Curse Him, a surreal and tense autofiction accounting for three summer months of being scammed by psychics in a small Appalachian town. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Adjective
Medium Patricia Arquette starred in Medium as a mom who used her psychic abilities to solve mysteries as a consultant for a local district attorney’s office in Arizona. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026 Shaye plays Elise Rainer, a dimension-traveling psychic who helps people fight off demons, even from the afterlife. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychic
  1. medium
  2. mystical
  3. telepathic
  4. spiritualist
  5. mystic
  6. thinking
  7. channeler
  8. metaphysical
Noun
  • Below the surface, there is a lot of contemptuous finger-pointing about where the anti-AI energy now coursing through the political-media landscape is coming from.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Independent Russian media regularly report about returning veterans involved in assaults, drunken brawls and even killings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of medium
Adjective
  • Her mystical encounters with the divine through the natural world are reminiscent of poets like Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver.
    — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Streep is voicing Aslan, the mythical lion who creates the mystical world of Narnia.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of mystical
Adjective
  • The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Steering is neutral, almost to a fault, and seems nearly telepathic.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of telepathic
Noun
  • Planetarium, which features Depp and Natalie Portman as a pair of spiritualist sisters, was released in 2016; that same year Depp dropped out of high school to pursue acting full time.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • At one point, Doug gathered scraps of King’s clothing and sent them to a spiritualist in Whanganui.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of spiritualist
Adjective
  • The mystic whine of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry’s score carries us into a hidden world of ancient Thai deities living inside the mountain’s caves and tunnels.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Such questions, in fact, may not be the right ones to ask about the man variously described as a teacher, philosopher, maverick mystic, and enlightened person.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of mystic
Adjective
  • 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
  • Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.
    — Keith BieryGolick, Cincinnati.com, 28 Aug. 2019
Definition of thinking
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of channeler
Adjective
  • Dürrenmatt is more focused on moral than metaphysical questions.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • More recently, Reid was a series regular on Prime Video’s metaphysical Western drama Outer Range opposite Josh Brolin and Imogen Poots.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of metaphysical

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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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