Definitions

psychic

[sahy-kik] / ˈsaɪ kɪk /

ADJECTIVE

extrasensory in perception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mental metaphysical psychological spiritual supernatural

STRONG

clairvoyant intellectual mystic occult sensitive

WEAK

analytic cerebral immaterial impressible impressionable intellective preternatural psychal psychical psychogenic responsive sensible sensile sentient supersensible supersensitive supersensory supersensual susceptible susceptive telekinetic telepathic transmundane unworldly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

body physical real

Example Sentences

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They consulted a psychic, who said that Cynthia’s body would be found near water.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

She told BBC Scotland News it was a bar she would not usually go to, but they had gone to see a psychic show.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Cake, it turns out, carries a lot of psychic weight.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

Video clips later published by McGill University’s Office for Science and Society show Mercola telling the psychic that he wants to “destroy the veterinary industry.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

“Shouldn’t a psychic know about all that kind of stuff? Can’t they, like, talk to dead people and stuff?”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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