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CLAIRVOYANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clairvoyant mean?
• CLAIRVOYANT (noun)
The noun CLAIRVOYANT has 1 sense:
1. someone who has the power of clairvoyance
Familiarity information: CLAIRVOYANT used as a noun is very rare.
• CLAIRVOYANT (adjective)
The adjective CLAIRVOYANT has 2 senses:
1. perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
2. foreseeing the future
Familiarity information: CLAIRVOYANT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has the power of clairvoyance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("clairvoyant" is a kind of...):
psychic (a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception)
Derivation:
clairvoyant (foreseeing the future)
clairvoyant (perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
Similar:
extrasensory; paranormal (seemingly outside normal sensory channels)
Derivation:
clairvoyance (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)
clairvoyant (someone who has the power of clairvoyance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Foreseeing the future
Synonyms:
clairvoyant; precognitive; second-sighted
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
Derivation:
clairvoyance (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)
clairvoyant (someone who has the power of clairvoyance)
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