clairvoyant
adjective/klɛrˈvɔɪənt/
Frequency rank: #17,991 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
having the supposed ability to perceive things beyond normal sensory contact; psychic.
Example sentence
The detective was so perceptive that some people thought he was clairvoyant .
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