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clairvoyant

clairvoyant

9 9.3
Showing or claiming the ability to see events before they happen
  • adjective
  • /klɛrˈvɔɪənt/
translation icon : clarividente
  • I'm clairvoyant, remember?
  • clairvoyant perception

And yeah, basically you're like a, you're a clairvoyant savant.

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Examples

  • She'd have to be clairvoyant to connect the two.

  • At times she's almost clairvoyant, reading my thoughts like a grocery list.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Are you clairvoyant as well?

  • So what are you, clairvoyant?

  • Did you work this out with the Chief earlier, or are you clairvoyant?

  • One doesn't need to be clairvoyant to figure it out.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Colette did not know precisely what she had under her feet, but she hardly had to be clairvoyant to guess.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • But he did not reckon with the clairvoyant powers of the invincible Merlin.

  • Maybe she's clairvoyant.

  • Many people believe that a clairvoyant can predict the future with amazing accuracy.

Synonyms

prophetic
vsclairvoyant
33 7.4

Saying or showing what will happen in the future, often as if from a spiritual source

is a claimed extrasensory perception rather than a proven accurate prediction
prescient
vsclairvoyant
  • Formal
16 8.9

Knowing about things before they happen

is framed as an extrasensory perception rather than simple prior knowledge
precognitive
vsclairvoyant
2 9.9

To know about an event before it happens

is an extrasensory perception claim rather than a neutral technical term
prophetical
vsclairvoyant
  • Literature
1 9.1

Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person

is a general extrasensory claim not limited to divine source
second-sighted
vsclairvoyant
  • Archaic
9.9

Able to see events before they happen

is stated as a personal extrasensory claim to perceive future information

How Predictive

oracle
  • Literature
14 8.9
prophet
39 5.1
farseer
  • Literature
1 9.9
clairvoyant
9 9.3

Surface Forms

clairvoyant positive

Etymology

The word clairvoyant comes from French parts clair- meaning 'clear' and -voyant meaning 'seeing', so calling someone clairvoyant says they can 'see clearly' things that are not visible now, like the future.