psychic
adjective
[ ˈsʌɪkɪk ]
• relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance.
• "psychic powers"
Similar:
supernatural,
paranormal,
other-worldly,
supernormal,
preternatural,
metaphysical,
extrasensory,
transcendental,
magic,
magical,
mystical,
mystic,
occult,
necromantic,
clairvoyant,
telepathic,
telekinetic,
spiritualistic,
with second sight,
with a sixth sense,
• relating to the soul or mind.
• "he dulled his psychic pain with gin"
Similar:
emotional,
spiritual,
inner,
cognitive,
psychological,
intellectual,
mental,
psychiatric,
psychogenic,
psychical,
mindly,
phrenic,
• denoting a bid that deliberately misrepresents the bidder's hand, in order to mislead the opponents.
psychic
noun
• a person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium.
• "pier-end palmists and fake psychics"
Similar:
clairvoyant,
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,
spiritist,
necromancer,
chirosophist,
palmister,
Origin:
early 19th century: from Greek psukhikos (see psyche1).
