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clairvoyant

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/
  • US: /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔɪ.ənt
  • CMU ARPABET: K L EH0 R V OY1 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Able to foresee the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: psychic

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Having great insight; sagacious.

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5

adj

Meaning 5

Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A person able to foresee the future

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

foreseeing the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: precognitive, second-sighted

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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10

noun

Meaning 10

someone who has the power of clairvoyance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: psychic

History

Etymology

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

Across languages

Translations

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ясновидски (jasnovidski) — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Catalan: clarivident — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Czech: jasnovidecký — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Danish: clairvoyant — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Finnish: selvänäköinen — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Galician: clarividente — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Galician: vidente — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • German: hellseherisch — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Indonesian: waskita — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Italian: chiaroveggenza — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Italian: chiaroveggente — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Kazakh: зерделі (zerdelı) — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Macedonian: ви́довит (vídovit) — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Macedonian: јасно́виден (jasnóviden) — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: clairvoyant — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Polish: jasnowidzący — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Portuguese: clarividente — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Russian: яснови́дческий (jasnovídčeskij) — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Spanish: clarividente — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Spanish: vidente — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Swedish: klärvoajant — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Ukrainian: ясновидчий (jasnovydčyj) — of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • Bulgarian: проницателен (pronicatelen) — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Catalan: clarivident — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Czech: jasnovidný — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Danish: clairvoyant — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Danish: synsk — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Dutch: paragnost — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Dutch: helderziende — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Finnish: selvänäköinen — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • French: clairvoyant — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Galician: clarividente — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • German: hellseherisch — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Italian: prognostico — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Italian: pronostico — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Italian: sensitivo — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Kazakh: зерделілік (zerdelılık) — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Macedonian: ви́довит (vídovit) — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Māori: matakite — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: synsk — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: clairvoyant — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Polish: jasnowidzący — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Portuguese: clarividente — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Russian: яснови́дящий (jasnovídjaščij) — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Spanish: clarividente — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Swedish: klärvoajant — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Swedish: synsk — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Ukrainian: ясновидю́щий (jasnovydjúščyj) — able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Czech: jasnozřivý — able to foresee the future
  • Danish: clairvoyant — able to foresee the future
  • Danish: synsk — able to foresee the future
  • Dutch: paragnost — able to foresee the future
  • Dutch: helderziende — able to foresee the future
  • Finnish: selvänäköinen — able to foresee the future
  • Galician: clarividente — able to foresee the future
  • Galician: vidente — able to foresee the future
  • Georgian: ნათელმხილველი (natelmxilveli) — able to foresee the future
  • Georgian: შორისმჭვრეტელი (šorismč̣vreṭeli) — able to foresee the future
  • Georgian: ნათელმჭვრეტი (natelmč̣vreṭi) — able to foresee the future
  • German: hellseherisch — able to foresee the future
  • German: präkognitiv — able to foresee the future
  • Icelandic: skyggn — able to foresee the future
  • Kazakh: көріпкел (körıpkel) — able to foresee the future
  • Macedonian: видовит (vidovit) — able to foresee the future
  • Norwegian Bokmål: synsk — able to foresee the future
  • Norwegian Bokmål: clairvoyant — able to foresee the future
  • Polish: jasnowidzący — able to foresee the future
  • Portuguese: clarividente — able to foresee the future
  • Russian: яснови́дящий (jasnovídjaščij) — able to foresee the future
  • Spanish: clarividente — able to foresee the future
  • Spanish: vidente — able to foresee the future
  • Spanish: previdente — able to foresee the future
  • Swedish: klärvoajant — able to foresee the future
  • Swedish: synsk — able to foresee the future
  • Swedish: fjärrsynt — able to foresee the future
  • Ukrainian: ясновидячий (jasnovydjačyj) — able to foresee the future
  • Bulgarian: ясновидец (jasnovidec) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Catalan: clarveient (restorationist) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Catalan: clarivident (hispanism) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Czech: jasnovidec — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Finnish: selvänäkijä — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • French: voyant — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Georgian: ნათელმხილველი (natelmxilveli) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • German: Hellseher — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • German: Hellseherin — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Irish: bean feasa — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Italian: chiaroveggente — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Italian: sensitivo — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Kazakh: көріпкел (körıpkel) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Kazakh: сәуегей (säuegei) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Macedonian: јасно́видец (jasnóvidec) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Macedonian: јасно́витка (jasnóvitka) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Māori: matakite — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Polish: jasnowidz — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Polish: jasnowidzący — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Polish: jasnowidząca — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Portuguese: clarividente — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Portuguese: vidente — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Russian: яснови́дец (jasnovídec) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Russian: яснови́дица (jasnovídica) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Serbo-Croatian: јасновидац — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Serbo-Croatian: jasnovidac — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Spanish: clarividente — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Swedish: klärvoajant — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Turkish: durugörücü — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Ukrainian: яснови́дець (jasnovýdecʹ) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Ukrainian: яснови́диця (jasnovýdycja) — person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Bulgarian: ясновидец (jasnovidec) — person able to foresee the future
  • Czech: jasnovidec — person able to foresee the future
  • Finnish: ennustaja — person able to foresee the future
  • Finnish: selvänäkijä — person able to foresee the future
  • French: devin — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Hellseher — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Hellseherin — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Weissager — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Weissagerin — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Wahrsager — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Wahrsagerin — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Seher — person able to foresee the future
  • German: Seherin — person able to foresee the future
  • Irish: bean feasa — person able to foresee the future
  • Italian: oracolo — person able to foresee the future
  • Kazakh: сәуегей (säuegei) — person able to foresee the future
  • Macedonian: јасно́видец (jasnóvidec) — person able to foresee the future
  • Macedonian: јасно́витка (jasnóvitka) — person able to foresee the future
  • Polish: jasnowidz — person able to foresee the future
  • Polish: jasnowidzący — person able to foresee the future
  • Polish: jasnowidząca — person able to foresee the future
  • Portuguese: clarividente — person able to foresee the future
  • Portuguese: vidente — person able to foresee the future
  • Portuguese: adivinho — person able to foresee the future
  • Russian: яснови́дец (jasnovídec) — person able to foresee the future
  • Russian: яснови́дица (jasnovídica) — person able to foresee the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: јасновидац — person able to foresee the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: jasnovidac — person able to foresee the future
  • Spanish: clarividente — person able to foresee the future
  • Swedish: klärvoajant — person able to foresee the future
  • Ottoman Turkish: فالجی (falcı) — person able to foresee the future
  • Ukrainian: яснови́дець (jasnovýdecʹ) — person able to foresee the future
  • Ukrainian: яснови́диця (jasnovýdycja) — person able to foresee the future