psychics

noun

plural of psychic
as in mediums
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead a celebrity psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages

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Recent Examples of psychics Terazawa is working on her second novel, Curse Him, a surreal and tense autofiction accounting for three summer months of being scammed by psychics in a small Appalachian town. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance. — Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026 For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance. — Vana Goblot, The Conversation, 13 May 2026 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 Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics. — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025 Over the years, several psychics, mediums, and paranormal investigators have come aboard the ship hoping for ghostly encounters. — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025 While ferrying Camila from playdates to pet psychics, Issa realizes the dog’s bark is worse than her bite—much like Camila’s attractive, yet reclusive owner, Theo (Famous in Love’s Carter Jenkins). — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025 Willing to try anything, Mary began speaking to alleged psychics. — Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychics
  1. mediums
  2. spiritualists
Noun
  • The highlight, aside from Lendeborg getting to ask Johnson a lighthearted question in Johnson’s own postgame media scrum deep inside the arena’s lower level?
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of mediums
Noun
  • Disappointed with mainstream health care, Mihich sought help from energy healers, spiritualists, and other alternative-medicine practitioners and entrepreneurs, who regularly supported her aversion to psychiatric medications, according to Sarah and Torina.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There was a big movement at the time — because so many people were killed in the Civil War, and so many women were losing children — of spiritualists, who were almost all women, who would speak to the dead.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of spiritualists

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