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Definitions

paranormal

[par-uh-nawr-muhl] / ˌpær əˈnɔr məl /
ADJECTIVE
supernatural
Synonyms
WEAK
abnormal celestial ghostly metaphysical mysterious mystic occult phenomenal preternatural psychic spectral transcendental uncomprehensible unearthly

Example Sentences

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Is something paranormal afoot or is the rupture in Montessori’s mind?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

They swapped rooms but the stay was - sadly - uneventful in paranormal terms.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Not long after moving in, they discover the very grand house had a very troubling history of paranormal events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Purvis makes a clever but careful case for combining the Gothic with the paranormal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

Is it more strained than claims that the skepticism of onlookers systematically prevents the occurrence of certain paranormal phenomena?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.