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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Recent Examples of psychic
Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Murderous beasts, brain-eating zombies, a school filled with werewolves, psychics and other Outcasts, and a tangle of mysteries.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Shirley Jackson had four kids and dirty hair, plus psychic tendencies.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Willing to try anything, Mary began speaking to alleged psychics.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Murderous beasts, brain-eating zombies, a school filled with werewolves, psychics and other Outcasts, and a tangle of mysteries.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The Madison has extensive strains of DNA from Redford’s adaptation of The Horse Whisperer, with its emphasis on a rural escape as the ultimate salve for psychic wounds, but also Ordinary People, a film about the impact of grief on the family unit.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Shirley Jackson had four kids and dirty hair, plus psychic tendencies.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychic
Noun
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Hegseth also fired several of his own senior advisers last year, accusing them of leaking information to the media.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The company’s Publicis Sports Intelligence platform, powered by Epsilon identity, is able to let marketers plan, personalize and measure investments and outcomes across media, experiential, content, hospitality, sponsorships, and commerce.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With their blissful harmonies and flowery, mystical lyrics, the Texas duo embodied soft rock, ushering in the genre at the dawn of the Seventies with a gentle nudge and a tip of Seals’ signature newsboy cap.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While the plot of the feature take is being kept under wraps, the source material takes place in a world where a tenth of the population suddenly gains telepathic powers as a result of electromagnetic disturbance.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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More than a decade later, their chemistry is best described by Murray as telepathic, intellectual, instinctual.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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Kilmer was cast as Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The actor will portray Father Fintan, a Native American spiritualist and Catholic priest.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 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
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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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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
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Season 4 saw the cast confront the mysterious Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), an incredibly powerful telepath, in a battle that left Hawkins devastated and expanded the rift between the Earth and the Upside Down.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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Such was the case when the always wonderful Jo Brand stepped up and proved herself a telepath.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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