clairvoyant
Americanadjective
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having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.
Not being clairvoyant, I did not foresee the danger of ignoring her advice.
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of, by, or pertaining to clairvoyance.
Unlike more talented witches, I had to make do with love potions and occasional clairvoyant visions.
noun
adjective
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of, possessing, or relating to clairvoyance
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having great insight or second sight
noun
Pop Culture
— The Clairvoyant: A 1934 film starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray. — The Clairvoyant Journals: A conceptual art piece (1978) by poet Hannah Weiner. It was written in the form of a diary with 3 concurrent and contrasting voices narrating, and was performed live. —“The Clairvoyant”: A 1988 song by the band Iron Maiden, purportedly inspired by the death of British psychic Doris Stokes.
Other Word Forms
- clairvoyantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of clairvoyant
First recorded in 1665–75; from French: literally, “clear seeing,” equivalent to clair “clear, clearly ”+ voyant “seeing” (present participle of voir “to see,” from Latin vidēre ); clear ( def. ), wit, -ant ( def. )
Example Sentences
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You don’t have to be clairvoyant to read between those lines.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026
Frederick FitzHerbert and his sister, Francesca, are not clairvoyant, but they seem to know just what Evelyn needs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
The temblors have coincided with viral panic stemming from the 2021 reprint of a comic book that many are now interpreting as a clairvoyant prediction of a major earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
In 2007, she announced she was clairvoyant and, until 2018, ran a school which she said taught students to “create miracles” and talk to angels.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024
I moved away from the critic and found myself sitting beside a clairvoyant who loudly predicted the fates of the various characters seen moving their lips up on the screen.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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