clairvoyant

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UK/ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/US/ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/

adjective

Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

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Meanings

adjectiveclairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

comparative more clairvoyant · superlative most clairvoyant

  1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

    Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.

    1899, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Clairvoyance^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Clairvoyance_(Leadbeater)/Chapter_6)
  2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  3. Able to foresee the future.

    Synonyms: psychic

  4. Having great insight; sagacious.

    …his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since…

    1895, John Ames Mitchell (ed.), Aristopi^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Aristopia_(1895).pdf/8)
  5. computingRelating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
nounclairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)

plural clairvoyants

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

    Synonyms: medium, mystic, seer

  2. A person able to foresee the future

    Synonyms: fortune teller

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble to foresee the future.

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psychic

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

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mediummysticseer

nounA person able to foresee the future

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fortune teller

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveperceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses

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extrasensoryparanormal

adjectiveforeseeing the future

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precognitivesecond-sightedpropheticprophetical
Also see
ariolatercassandraextrasensorygroundedoracleparanormalprecognitiveprescientpropheticpropheticalprudentrevelatorsagacioussapientsecond-sightedsubtlewise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchclairvoyant
  2. Englishclairvoyant

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

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Translations

Bulgarian ясновидски, проницателен
  • ясновидски (jasnovidski)of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • проницателен (pronicatelen)able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • ясновидец (jasnovidec)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • ясновидец (jasnovidec)person able to foresee the future
Catalan clarivident, clarivident
  • clarividentof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • clarividentable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clarveient (restorationist)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clarivident (hispanism)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
Czech jasnovidecký, jasnovidný
  • jasnovideckýof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • jasnovidnýable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • jasnozřivýable to foresee the future
  • jasnovidecperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • jasnovidecperson able to foresee the future
Danish clairvoyant, clairvoyant
  • clairvoyantof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • clairvoyantable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • synskable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clairvoyantable to foresee the future
  • synskable to foresee the future
Dutch paragnost, helderziende
  • paragnostable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • helderziendeable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • paragnostable to foresee the future
  • helderziendeable to foresee the future
Finnish selvänäköinen, selvänäköinen
  • selvänäköinenof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • selvänäköinenable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • selvänäköinenable to foresee the future
  • selvänäkijäperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • ennustajaperson able to foresee the future
  • selvänäkijäperson able to foresee the future
French clairvoyant, voyant
  • clairvoyantable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • voyantperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • devinperson able to foresee the future
German hellseherisch, hellseherisch
  • hellseherischof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • hellseherischable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • hellseherischable to foresee the future
  • präkognitivable to foresee the future
  • Hellseherperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Hellseherinperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • Hellseherperson able to foresee the future
  • Hellseherinperson able to foresee the future
  • Weissagerperson able to foresee the future
  • Weissagerinperson able to foresee the future
  • Wahrsagerperson able to foresee the future
  • Wahrsagerinperson able to foresee the future
  • Seherperson able to foresee the future
  • Seherinperson able to foresee the future
Icelandic skyggn
  • skyggnable to foresee the future
Indonesian waskita
  • waskitaof, or relating to clairvoyance
Irish bean feasa, bean feasa
  • bean feasaperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • bean feasaperson able to foresee the future
Italian chiaroveggenza, chiaroveggente
  • chiaroveggenzaof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • chiaroveggenteof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • prognosticoable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • pronosticoable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • sensitivoable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • chiaroveggenteperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • sensitivoperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • oracoloperson able to foresee the future
Māori matakite, matakite
  • matakiteable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • matakiteperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
Norwegian Bokmål clairvoyant, synsk
  • clairvoyantof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • synskable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clairvoyantable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • synskable to foresee the future
  • clairvoyantable to foresee the future
Polish jasnowidzący, jasnowidzący
  • jasnowidzącyof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • jasnowidzącyable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • jasnowidzącyable to foresee the future
  • jasnowidzperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • jasnowidzącyperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • jasnowidzącaperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • jasnowidzperson able to foresee the future
  • jasnowidzącyperson able to foresee the future
  • jasnowidzącaperson able to foresee the future
Portuguese clarividente, clarividente
  • clarividenteof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • clarividenteable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clarividenteable to foresee the future
  • clarividenteperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • videnteperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clarividenteperson able to foresee the future
  • videnteperson able to foresee the future
  • adivinhoperson able to foresee the future
Russian яснови́дческий, яснови́дящий
  • яснови́дческий (jasnovídčeskij)of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • яснови́дящий (jasnovídjaščij)able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • яснови́дящий (jasnovídjaščij)able to foresee the future
  • яснови́дец (jasnovídec)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • яснови́дица (jasnovídica)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • яснови́дец (jasnovídec)person able to foresee the future
  • яснови́дица (jasnovídica)person able to foresee the future
Spanish clarividente, vidente
  • clarividenteof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • videnteof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • clarividenteable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clarividenteable to foresee the future
  • videnteable to foresee the future
  • previdenteable to foresee the future
  • clarividenteinsightful
  • clarividenteperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • clarividenteperson able to foresee the future
Swedish klärvoajant, klärvoajant
  • klärvoajantof, or relating to clairvoyance
  • klärvoajantable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • synskable to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • klärvoajantable to foresee the future
  • synskable to foresee the future
  • fjärrsyntable to foresee the future
  • klärvoajantperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • klärvoajantperson able to foresee the future
Turkish durugörücü
  • durugörücüperson able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
Ukrainian ясновидчий, ясновидю́щий
  • ясновидчий (jasnovydčyj)of, or relating to clairvoyance
  • ясновидю́щий (jasnovydjúščyj)able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • ясновидячий (jasnovydjačyj)able to foresee the future
  • яснови́дець (jasnovýdecʹ)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • яснови́диця (jasnovýdycja)person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
  • яснови́дець (jasnovýdecʹ)person able to foresee the future
  • яснови́диця (jasnovýdycja)person able to foresee the future

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with clairvoyant

buoyantflamboyantannoyant
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Anagrams

covariantly
Cite this entry
APA

clairvoyant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clairvoyant

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“clairvoyant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clairvoyant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clairvoyant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clairvoyant.

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