Synonyms of spiritualist

spiritualist

noun

as in psychic

a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead

the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit—or "control"—conveys its messages to the living

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychic
• spiritist
• medium
• channeler
• clairvoyant
• telepath
• channel
• mentalist
• mind reader
• sensitive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spiritualist

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, 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

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

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

Shot in Athens doubling as Tehran, Cast Aside the Clouds has Azizi playing Farhad Khosravi, a bookstore owner whose daughter Layla (Sehat) attends a secret university aligned with the Iranian Bahá’í spiritualist faith. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026

Kilmer appears as Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist. — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026

Kilmer was cast as Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026

The actor will portray Father Fintan, a Native American spiritualist and Catholic priest. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026