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- pronunciation:
- saI
kihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, caused by, or pertaining to nonphysical, spiritual, or supernatural processes or influences.
Telepathy is a form of psychic experience.- synonyms:
- metaphysical, mystic, spiritual, supernatural, transcendental
- similar words:
- extrasensory, incorporeal, mystical, occult, paranormal, preternatural, unearthly
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| definition 2: |
particularly sensitive to such processes and influences.
- synonyms:
- clairvoyant, spiritual, telepathic
- similar words:
- divining, empathic, philosophical, prescient, religious, telekinetic
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| definition 3: |
of or relating to the human mind or soul.
- synonyms:
- mental, psychological
- similar words:
- cerebral, cognitive, intellectual, interior, internal, soulful, spiritual
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| related words: |
interior, internal, mental, mystical, spiritual, supernatural |
adverb + (adj.)psychic
deep
(adj.)psychic
+ noun
ability,
adventure,
adviser,
aftermath,
anxiety,
apparatus,
automatism,
barrier,
cicada,
comfort,
connection,
consciousness,
consultant,
contagion,
conversion,
damage,
depth,
dimension,
disorder,
disruption,
dissonance,
distance,
distress,
disturbance,
domain,
drain,
drama,
dream,
ego,
energy,
equivalent,
experience,
fatigue,
formation,
functioning,
futurist,
genocide,
gift,
hamster,
healing,
hotline,
insight,
isolation,
journey,
killer,
landscape,
link,
network,
numbing,
origin,
pain,
parlor,
phenomenon,
power,
prediction,
premonition,
profile,
projection,
proximity,
psi,
psychics,
psychoanalysis,
reader,
reality,
relocation,
resonance,
reward,
scar,
self,
shock,
space,
strain,
stress,
structure,
talent,
tension,
terror,
toll,
transformation,
trauma,
unity,
vampire,
vibration,
well-being,
wholeness,
wound
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person sensitive to psychic influences, esp. a medium.
- synonyms:
- clairvoyant, medium
- similar words:
- fortuneteller, mystic, necromancer, prophet, seer, soothsayer
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adjective + (n.)psychic
busy
verb + (n.)psychic
consult, contact, produce, tend
noun + (n.)psychic
chance, claim, faith, healer, medium, mystic, pet, police, reading, shaman, signal
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| derivations: |
psychical (adj.), psychically (adv.) |
The word psychic
contains the following parts:
psych, psycho
Greek
root
that means mind, soul, mental process
  Example words:
metempsychosis, neuropsychiatry, parapsychology, psyche, psychedelic, psychiatrist, psychiatry, psychic, psychoactive, psychoanalysis, psychobiology, psychodynamics, psychogenesis, psychogenic, psychokinesis, psycholinguistics, psychological, psychology, psychoneurosis, psychopath, psychopathology, psychopathy, psychopharmacology, psychosexual, psychosis, psychosocial, psychotherapy, psychotropic, psycho, psych, psychosomatic
-ic
Latin and Greek
adjective-forming suffix
that means like, pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -ic
attaches to roots and words of Greek or Latin origin to form adjectives. A few words ending in -ic
(magic
, critic
, music
) were adjectives that became nouns in Greek before they entered English, also as nouns.
Example words:
abiotic, acerbic, acidic, aerobic, agnostic, analgesic, anthropocentric, antibiotic, aquatic, civic, comic, critic, democratic, domestic, dramatic, eccentric, economic, erratic, erotic, euphoric, euphotic, fantastic, heliocentric, geometric, magic, microscopic, music, pathetic, periodic, philosophical, physical, physics, psychic, sonic, sympathetic
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