psychic

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
2. A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
3. In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

Adj

1. Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
2. Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.

Synonyms

psychical

mental

medium

telepathic

supernatural

spiritual

spiritualist

paranormal

preternatural

psychogenic

seer

sensitive

sorceress

supernaturalist

unearthly

phychic

spirit rapper

analytic

supernaturalistic

emotional

immaterial

intellectual

mystic

nonnatural

occult

Translations

psychique

psychisch

psíquico

psíquico

psychisch

psichico

sensitivo

médium

mentale

ruhsal

paranormal

parapsíquico

psíquic

seelisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪkɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.