clairvoyant

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clairvoyant

  • /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/ UK
  • /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/ US

Rhymes with -ɔɪ.ənt

Where it comes from

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

adjective more clairvoyant · 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.
  2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  3. Able to foresee the future.

    Similar: 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…
  5. Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

noun clairvoyants

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

    Similar: medium, mystic, seer

  2. A person able to foresee the future

    Similar: fortune teller

Translations

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adj of, or relating to clairvoyance

Españolclarividente, vidente
Portuguêsclarividente
Deutschhellseherisch
Italianochiaroveggenza, chiaroveggente
Русскийяснови́дческий jasnovídčeskij

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

Españolclarividente
Portuguêsclarividente
Françaisclairvoyant
Deutschhellseherisch
Italianoprognostico, pronostico, sensitivo
Русскийяснови́дящий jasnovídjaščij

adj able to foresee the future

Españolclarividente, vidente, previdente
Portuguêsclarividente
Deutschhellseherisch, präkognitiv
Русскийяснови́дящий jasnovídjaščij

adj insightful

Españolclarividente

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

Españolclarividente
Portuguêsclarividente, vidente
Françaisvoyant
DeutschHellseher, Hellseherin
Italianochiaroveggente, sensitivo
Русскийяснови́дец jasnovídec, яснови́дица jasnovídica

noun person able to foresee the future

Españolclarividente
Portuguêsclarividente, vidente, adivinho
Françaisdevin
DeutschHellseher, Hellseherin, Weissager, Weissagerin, Wahrsager, Wahrsagerin
Italianooracolo
Русскийяснови́дец jasnovídec, яснови́дица jasnovídica

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@misc{clairvoyant_2026,
  title = {clairvoyant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clairvoyant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}