as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
Worried the house may be haunted, the family hired a clairvoyant to interpret its energy.
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Set in the eerie streets of Victorian London, horror drama series Penny Dreadful features Green as Vanessa Ives, a troubled but powerful clairvoyant, working alongside Sir Malcolm, an explorer driven to find his missing daughter.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Among the 10 defendants seen arriving at the Paris Criminal Court in the French capital’s 17th arrondissement on Monday were Aurélien Poirson-Atlan, who posts under the pseudonym Zoé Sagan, as well as a clairvoyant named as Delphine Jegousse, who goes under the pseudonym of Amandine Roy.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Hall’s clairvoyant was not your typical fortune teller.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
Norway’s princess, Märtha Louise, claims to be a clairvoyant who can communicate with angels.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Among the 10 defendants seen arriving at the Paris Criminal Court in the French capital’s 17th arrondissement on Monday were Aurélien Poirson-Atlan, who posts under the pseudonym Zoé Sagan, as well as a clairvoyant named as Delphine Jegousse, who goes under the pseudonym of Amandine Roy.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Hall’s clairvoyant was not your typical fortune teller.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
Norway’s princess, Märtha Louise, claims to be a clairvoyant who can communicate with angels.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clairvoyant
psychic
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The town, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to mediums, psychics and healers, many practicing out of their homes.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Clairvoyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clairvoyant. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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