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medium

medium

31 8.9
A person who says they can talk to the spirits of dead people
  • noun
  • /ˈmiːdiəm/
translation icon : médium
  • During the séance, the medium claimed to have received messages from several spirits.
  • spirit medium
  • witchcraft and mediums
  • possessed medium

And he said you've got no chance that even the medium absolutely looked terrified.

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Examples

Synonyms

shaman
vsmedium
60 8.2

A person who talks to spirits and helps heal or guide people

is primarily an intermediary for the dead without the wider ritual healer role
spiritualist
vsmedium
7 8.2

A person who says they can talk with the spirits of dead people

is the general intermediary role without stressing ritual seances
channeler
vsmedium
  • US
1 8.9

A person who says they get messages from spirits and tells others

is focused specifically on spirits of the dead rather than all supernatural beings
sensitive
vsmedium
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who says they can talk to spirits

is the same role described by a different common term
spirit rapper
vsmedium
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who makes knocking sounds and says they are messages from the dead

is the general intermediary not limited to producing knocking sounds

Compounds

31 2.4

Of a size between small and large

6 3.9

A middle choice that pleases both sides

medium of exchange
  • Specialized
4 4.1

Something people accept to pay for goods and services

3 2.3

Of a size between small and large

A way to send information to many people by radio or television

culture medium
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Liquid or solid food that helps bacteria and fungi grow in a lab

1 3.8

A way to send information to many people, like TV or radio

interstellar medium
  • Specialized
1 7.7

The gas and dust that fill the space between stars in a galaxy

storage medium
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A device like a hard drive or CD that holds computer files

magnetic medium
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A thing that stores digital information by changing tiny areas on its surface, like a hard drive

1 4.0

A wine or drink that is not sweet and is only slightly dry

medium wave
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A radio band used for AM broadcasts with long waves that travel far at night

Campanula medium
  • Specialized
9.1

A garden plant that usually lives two years with bell-shaped blue, violet, or white flowers, also called Canterbury bell

cold medium
  • Archaic
8.8

A way of communicating that gives little detail and asks the audience to imagine the rest

contrast medium
  • Specialized
5.1

A liquid or dye used in medical scans to show parts inside the body, for example blood vessels

cool medium
  • Formal
8.1

A medium that gives little detail so people must fill in parts, like television or cartoons

data-storage medium
  • Specialized
4.1

A device or material that keeps information so you can use it later

dispersing medium
  • Specialized
8.6

A liquid or gas that holds tiny particles, like air with smoke and water with milk particles

dispersion medium
  • Specialized
7.8

A liquid or gas that has tiny particles spread through it

4.7

A device that stores information using tiny magnetic areas like a hard drive or tape

A size between medium and large, bigger than medium but smaller than large

medium frequency
  • Specialized
4.8

A radio band used by AM stations and ship radios

medium steel
  • Specialized
5.7

A type of steel that is not very soft or very hard used when strength and flexibility are needed

hot medium
  • Specialized
8.8

A way of sending detailed information that needs little effort from people who receive it, like radio or film

interplanetary medium
  • Specialized
8.8

Gas, dust, and particles that fill the space between the planets

How Psychic

seer
23 8.0
clairvoyant
9 9.5
sensitive
  • Archaic
9.9
medium
31 8.9
spiritualist
7 8.2

Surface Forms

medium singular
mediums plural

Etymology

Medium comes from the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', similar to mediate. A spiritual medium is a person who says they stand 'between' the living and the dead, passing messages from one side to the other.