clairvoyant
adjective
having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.
clairvoyants
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pluralof clairvoyant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Few of these bets paid off, so the oddsmakers were seen less as clairvoyants than reliable indicators of who wouldn’t be accepting a medal in Stockholm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
But in tumultuous Myanmar, even clairvoyants urge caution.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
“Beyond Black,” a realistically toned novel, was set in a world of psychics and clairvoyants.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
Fairley offered to hold a dinner for Barker and a collection of astrologers, clairvoyants, and card readers, if he could write it up for the newspaper.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
Newspapers asked fortune-tellers, or clairvoyants, where the painting was.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
