adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsaɪkɪk/
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rhymes with -aɪkɪk
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psych
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Gnosticism, lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
outside the sphere of physical science
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
psychic phenomena
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychical
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
affecting or influenced by the human mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
psychic energy
psychic trauma
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychical
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
псыхі́чны
(psyxíčny)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Belarusian:
душэ́ўны
(dušéwny)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Bulgarian:
психичен
(psihičen)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Finnish:
psyykkinen
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
paranormális
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
természetfeletti
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
telepatikus
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
látnoki
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
okkult
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
para-
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
mágikus
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
parafenomenális
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
paraképességgel rendelkező
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Hungarian:
médiumadottságokkal bíró
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Macedonian:
пси́хички
(psíhički)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Macedonian:
ду́шевен
(dúševen)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Māori:
whaiwhaiā
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Māori:
kauwaka
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Norwegian Bokmål:
synsk
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Polish:
psychiczny
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Polish:
metapsychiczny
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Polish:
mediumiczny
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Polish:
mediumistyczny
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Portuguese:
parapsíquico
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Portuguese:
psíquico
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Russian:
телепати́ческий
(telepatíčeskij)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Russian:
экстрасенсо́рный
(ɛxtrasɛnsórnyj)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Swedish:
synsk
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Ukrainian:
психі́чний
(psyxíčnyj)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Ukrainian:
душе́вний
(dušévnyj)
— relating to the abilities of a psychic
Bulgarian:
екстрасенс
(ekstrasens)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Bulgarian:
медиум
(medium)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Chinese Mandarin:
靈媒 /灵媒
(língméi)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Finnish:
psyykikko
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
German:
Mensch mit außersinnlicher Wahrnehmung
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Hungarian:
parafenomén
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Hungarian:
látnok
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Indonesian:
cenayang
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Italian:
sensitivo
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Japanese:
霊媒
(reibai)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Macedonian:
телепа́т
(telepát)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Māori:
kauwaka
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Norwegian Bokmål:
synsk
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Norwegian Bokmål:
clairvoyant
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Portuguese:
sensitivo
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Russian:
экстрасе́нс
(ekstrasɛ́ns)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Russian:
телепа́т
(telepát)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Serbo-Croatian:
видовњак
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Serbo-Croatian:
vidovnjak
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Ukrainian:
екстрасе́нс
(ekstraséns)
— person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities
Bulgarian:
ме́диум
(médium)
— person who contacts the dead
Czech:
médium
— person who contacts the dead
Finnish:
meedio
— person who contacts the dead
French:
médium
— person who contacts the dead
Hungarian:
médium
— person who contacts the dead
Italian:
medium
— person who contacts the dead
Japanese:
霊媒
(reibai)
— person who contacts the dead
Macedonian:
ме́диум
(médium)
— person who contacts the dead
Norwegian:
medium
— person who contacts the dead
Polish:
medium
— person who contacts the dead
Portuguese:
sensitivo
— person who contacts the dead
Portuguese:
médium
— person who contacts the dead
Russian:
ме́диум
(médium)
— person who contacts the dead
Turkish:
medyum
— person who contacts the dead
Finnish:
psyykikko
— (Gnosticism) person focused on intellectual reality
Norwegian:
psykiker
— (Gnosticism) person focused on intellectual reality
