SUPERSENSIBLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

supersensible

adjective

Definition of supersensible

as in extrasensory

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Adjective

From the above example, friend one and two demonstrate a relatively standard range of sensitivity, while friend three and four exhibit more extreme extrasensory abilities.

— Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 July 2018
Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s extrasensory musical comes back to us courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theater.

— Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 June 2018

Definition of extrasensory

Adjective

Crowley said Aiwass dictated to him the Book of the Law, which became the scripture for Crowley's new spiritual philosophy of Thelema.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
These spiritual beings are nothing if not preoccupied with the state of material things, such as the temperature of the wine, for example.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of spiritual

Adjective

Woolf treats this psychic drama seriously and with great generosity and tenderness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
These onetime kid actors have spoken movingly about facing isolation, external pressure, intense public scrutiny, and the psychic pain of constant rejection on the audition circuit.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of psychic

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Despite its sweeping celestial setting, the whole series was constrained, relying on face-to-face conversations in tiny offices to convey plot, and action scenes that often looked like scuffles in a blocky, dark, half-convincing cave.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Lakshmana, supported by Hanuman and Vibhishana (Ravana’s brother who joins Rama’s side), confronts Indrajit and kills him with a celestial arrow.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of celestial

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