PSYCHIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PSYCHIC?

Need another word that means the same as “psychic”? Find 43 synonyms and 30 related words for “psychic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Psychic” are: psychical, supernatural, paranormal, supernormal, preternatural, metaphysical, extrasensory, transcendental, magic, magical, mystical, mystic, occult, clairvoyant, telepathic, spiritualistic, with second sight, with a sixth sense, inner, psychological, emotional, spiritual, fortune teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer, forecaster of the future, crystal gazer, astrologer, prognosticator, prophesier, oracle, augur, sibyl, cassandra, mind reader, palmist, palm reader, chiromancer, medium, telepathist, spiritualist

Psychic as a Noun

Definitions of "Psychic" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “psychic” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium.
• The study of psychic phenomena.
• A person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception.

Synonyms of "Psychic" as a noun (21 Words)

astrologer	Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon. He was advised by astrologers to delay his departure.
augur	(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.
cassandra	A prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed.
chiromancer	Fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms.
clairvoyant	Someone who has the power of clairvoyance. She has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well.
crystal gazer	A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces.
forecaster of the future	Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge.
fortune teller	An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.
medium	An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication. These cells are grown in a nutrient rich medium.
mind reader	Knowledge and intellectual ability.
oracle	A response or message given by an oracle especially an ambiguous one. He reigned supreme as the Colonial Office s oracle on Africa.
palm reader	Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves.
palmist	A person who practises palmistry a palm reader.
prognosticator	A person who foretells or prophesies a future event. There are many prognosticators predicting the worst.
prophesier	An authoritative person who divines the future.
prophet	In Jewish use one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa and comprising the books of Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Jeremiah Ezekiel Isaiah and the twelve minor prophets. He is repeatedly hailed as a prophet of modernism.
seer	An authoritative person who divines the future. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne.
sibyl	A woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god.
soothsayer	A person supposed to be able to foresee the future.
spiritualist	An advocate of the doctrine that the spirit exists as distinct from matter, or that spirit is the only reality. A non denominational spiritualist.
telepathist	A magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice.

Usage Examples of "Psychic" as a noun

• The field of psychics.
• Pier-end palmists and fake psychics.

Psychic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Psychic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “psychic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Appearing or considered to have powers of telepathy or clairvoyance.
• Relating to the soul or mind.
• Outside the sphere of physical science.
• Denoting a bid that deliberately misrepresents the bidder's hand, in order to mislead the opponents.
• Relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance.
• Affecting or influenced by the human mind.

Synonyms of "Psychic" as an adjective (22 Words)

clairvoyant	Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses. He didn t tell me about it and I m not clairvoyant.
emotional	Determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason. He was a strongly emotional young man.
extrasensory	Seemingly outside normal sensory channels.
inner	Innermost or essential. A speaker s inner thoughts.
magic	Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers. A magic wand.
magical	Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers- Shakespeare. It was a magical evening of pure nostalgia.
metaphysical	Of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets. Metaphysical forces.
mystic	Relating to or characteristic of mysticism. The mystical style of Blake.
mystical	Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. The mystical theology of Richard Rolle.
occult	Hidden and difficult to see. Occult blood in the stool.
paranormal	Denoting events or phenomena such as telekinesis or clairvoyance that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. What seemed to be paranormal manifestations.
preternatural	Beyond what is normal or natural. Autumn had arrived with preternatural speed.
psychical	Outside the sphere of physical science.
psychological	Mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature. It was concluded that her pain was psychological.
spiritual	Lacking material body or form or substance-Lewis Mumford. I m responsible for his spiritual welfare.
spiritualistic	Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism.
supernatural	Unnaturally or extraordinarily great. Supernatural forces and occurrences and beings.
supernormal	Beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable. Years of supernormal employment during the war.
telepathic	Relating to or characteristic of telepathy. A team of telepathic superheroes who can read each other s thoughts.
transcendental	Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature-Aldous Huxley. The transcendental importance of each person s soul.
with a sixth sense	Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position.
with second sight	Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude.

Usage Examples of "Psychic" as an adjective

• Psychic phenomena.
• He dulled his psychic pain with gin.
• Psychic trauma.
• I could sense it—I must be psychic.
• Psychic powers.
• Psychic energy.

Associations of "Psychic" (30 Words)

alertness	Lively attentiveness. Walsall were indebted to the bravery and alertness of their goalkeeper.
amok	Wildly frenzied and out of control.
clairvoyance	The supposed faculty of perceiving things or events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact. She stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance.
conceptualize	Have the idea for. Sex was conceptualized as an overpowering force in the individual.
deranged	Mad; insane. A deranged gunman.
disbelieve	Have no religious faith. He seemed to disbelieve her.
extrasensory	Seemingly outside normal sensory channels.
extraterrestrial	Originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere. Searches for extraterrestrial intelligence.
ghost	Haunt like a ghost pursue. Being ghosted is one of the toughest ways to be dumped.
haunt	Haunt like a ghost pursue. She haunts the ballet.
hypnotism	The study or practice of hypnosis.
incapacity	Legal disqualification. They are not subject to any legal incapacity.
insight	The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. The town offers some insight into Finnish rural life.
intuition	An impression that something might be the case. Your insights and intuitions as a native speaker are positively sought.
mesmerism	The act of inducing hypnosis.
paranormal	Denoting events or phenomena such as telekinesis or clairvoyance that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. A mystic who can prove he has paranormal powers.
parapsychology	Phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes.
psychiatric	Relating to mental illness or its treatment. Psychiatric hospital.
psychoanalysis	A system of psychological theory and therapy which aims to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind by techniques such as dream interpretation and free association. His physician recommended psychoanalysis.
psychological	Mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature. Give psychological support.
psychologist	A scientist trained in psychology. Psychologists are being called in to help employees cope with job losses.
psychotherapy	The treatment of mental disorder by psychological rather than medical means.
semiconscious	Partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations.
sense	Relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides complementary to an antisense sequence. With the first frost they could sense a change in the days.
spirit	Infuse with spirit. The rule had been broken in spirit if not in letter.
subconscious	The subconscious part of the mind not in technical use in psychoanalysis where unconscious is preferred. My subconscious fear.
supernatural	Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively. A supernatural being.
telepathy	Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions.
trauma	A deeply distressing or disturbing experience. The event is relived with all the accompanying trauma.
visceral	Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect. Visceral bleeding.