clairvoyant

clair·voy·ant (klâr-voi

nt)

adj.

1. Of or relating to clairvoyance.

2. Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.

A person, such as a medium, possessing the supposed power of clairvoyance.

[French : clair, clear (from Latin clrus; see kel-² in Indo-European roots) + voyant, present participle of voir, to see (from Latin vidre; see weid- in Indo-European roots).]

clairvoyant [klɛəˈvɔɪənt]

adj

1. (Psychology) of, possessing, or relating to clairvoyance

2. having great insight or second sight

a person claiming to have the power to foretell future events

clairvoyantly adv

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	clairvoyant - someone who has the power of clairvoyance psychic - a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
Adj.	1.	clairvoyant - perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses extrasensory, paranormal - seemingly outside normal sensory channels
	2.	clairvoyant - foreseeing the future precognitive, second-sighted prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

clairvoyant

adjective

psychic, visionary, prophetic, prescient, telepathic, fey, second-sighted, extrasensory, oracular, sibylline a fortune-teller who claims to have clairvoyant powers

noun

psychic, diviner, prophet, visionary, oracle, seer, augur, fortune-teller, soothsayer, sibyl, prophetess, telepath You don't need to be a clairvoyant to see how this is going to turn out.

Quotations
"clairvoyant: a person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

clairvoyant clairvoyante [klɛəˈvɔɪənt]

A. ADJ → clarividente, vidente

B. N → clarividente mf, vidente mf

clairvoyant [ˌklɛə^rˈvɔɪənt] n → voyant(e) m/f, extra-lucide mf

clairvoyant

n → Hellseher(in) m(f)

adj → hellseherisch; I’m not clairvoyant → ich bin (doch) kein Hellseher!

clairvoyant [klɛəˈvɔɪənt] adj & n → chiaroveggente ((m/f))

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acute clairvoyance cryptaesthesia cryptesthesia diviner Eye Movements fey fortune-teller medium oracle precognitive prediction prescient prophet psychic psychology Second-sighted seer seeress	6; and a whole wonderful underworld of lace and linen and silk stockings, the counterpart of which wonders, my clairvoyant fancy laughed to think, were at the moment--so entirely unsuspected of their original owner--my delicious possessions. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context Franklin, "the Indians took it for granted that we should keep the Diamond here; and they brought their clairvoyant boy to show them the way to it, if they succeeded in getting into the house last night. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context I remember well the look and the smile with which she one day said, after a mistake of this kind on my part: "I used to think you were a clairvoyant, and that was the reason why you were so bitter against other clairvoyants, wanting to keep your monopoly; but I see now you have become rather duller than the rest of the world. The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context	clag claggy Claik claim claim agent claim back claim form claim jumper Claimable claimant Claimer claiming race Claimless claims adjuster claims adjustor Clair clair de lune clair'voyance Clair-obscur clair-obscure clairaudience Clairaudient Claire claire-obscure clairvoyance clairvoyant Clake clam clam chowder clam diggers clam dip clam up clam-diggers clam-flat clamant Clamation Clamatores clamatorial clambake clamber clambering Clamjamphine Clamjamphrie Clammily clamminess clammy clammy chickweed clammy locust clammyweed clamor Clamorer	Claire de Lune Claire Delune Claire Lacombe Claire Land Claire of Assisi Claire of Assisi Claire Trevor School of the Arts claire-obscure claire-voie clairecolle clairecolle Clairemont Amateur Radio Association Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church Clairemont, Claire Clairette de Vence Clairette Ronde Clairette Rose clairite Clairitin Clairon Clairon Clairton Clairton Clairton, Pennsylvania Clairton, Pennsylvania clairvoyance clairvoyance clairvoyance clairvoyance clairvoyance clairvoyant Clairvoyant Scheme clairvoyante clairvoyante clairvoyantes clairvoyantes clairvoyantly clairvoyantly Clairvoyants Clairvoyants Clairvoyants Clairvoyants Clairvoyants clairvoyee clairvoyée Clairvoyent Clairvoyent Clairvoyent Clairvoyent Clairvoyent Claisen Claisen condensation Claisen flask Claisen reaction Claisen rearrangement Claisen, Ludwig Claisen-Schmidt condensation CLAIT CLAJ Clake CLAL

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6; and a whole wonderful underworld of lace and linen and silk stockings, the counterpart of which wonders, my clairvoyant fancy laughed to think, were at the moment--so entirely unsuspected of their original owner--my delicious possessions.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

Franklin, "the Indians took it for granted that we should keep the Diamond here; and they brought their clairvoyant boy to show them the way to it, if they succeeded in getting into the house last night.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

I remember well the look and the smile with which she one day said, after a mistake of this kind on my part: "I used to think you were a clairvoyant, and that was the reason why you were so bitter against other clairvoyants, wanting to keep your monopoly; but I see now you have become rather duller than the rest of the world.

The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context

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