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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
Orlando Police were flooded with tips, including from psychics, about the disappearances of Jennifer Kesse in 2006 and Michelle Parker in 2011, the research paper said. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026 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
Adjective
While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 Your psychic powers activate as the moon and Pluto harmonize, but use them wisely! — Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Sep. 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
  • The person who heard the communications spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Any juxtaposition of Lee’s work in sculpture and painting will show their congruence; for Lee, the two media are simply two interchangeable methods for dealing with a single set of issues.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of medium
Adjective
  • The Being is alien, mystical and magical, a migrant finding her way in a new world.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This island calls to people, young and old; seeking emotional clarity, self improvement, stress relief, detox, physical renewal, and soulful, mystical spiritual healing.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 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
  • Two translations—of poems by the Indian mystic Mirabai and the contemporary Romanian poet Radu Vancu—seek to inhabit and transcend the history that holds up the present.
    — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Rumi is also the name of a very famous 13th-century Persian poet and mystic.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 24 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
  • Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Erectile dysfunction is a medical symptom and another metaphysical clue.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of metaphysical

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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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