telepath
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- noun
- /ˈtɛləˌpæθ/
:
telepata
- He's a telepath, too.
- mind of a telepath
- ability of a telepath
- latent telepath
So Underhill is a telepath, and he in this case is actually riding along with the Lady Mae.
- So Underhill is a telepath, and he in this case is actually riding along with the Lady Mae.
Examples
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A famous psychic claims to be a telepath who can read people's thoughts without them saying a word.
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That telepath is powerful.
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If I do tell you and she is a telepath, there might be a very big difference.
Fiction book (1991) -
Tom here is our best telepath, half of the pair that set our record of one point three meters.
Fiction book (1999) -
If that telepath gets inside your head, he won't be as much fun as I am.
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And they certainly went out of their way to provide telepaths with privacy.
Fiction book (1996) -
"We finally have enough telepaths for a proper jury."
Fiction book (1996) -
But if she's a telepath and I read her, she'll know we're here.
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Emotions are messy for telepaths, so we suppress them.
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We have very strict rules governing what empaths and telepaths are allowed to do.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A person who says they can know things beyond normal senses, like predicting the future
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A person who seems to know what other people are thinking, often using tricks or guessing
A person who says they can send and receive thoughts directly between minds without using the senses
A person who says they can share thoughts without using the senses
A person who claims to know what others are thinking
How Telepathic
Surface Forms
Morphology
telepath = telepathy (opaque) = tele + path
The word is directly related to telepathy, but the agent noun is formed by a less productive and less obvious back-formation pattern.
Etymology
The word telepath comes from the Greek parts tele- 'far' and -path 'feeling', the same pieces you see in telephone and empathy. So a telepath is someone who can 'feel' or share thoughts from far away, which is why the word means a person who reads minds or communicates mentally without using the normal senses.