clairvoyant

C1 Topic:Senses & Perception

US /klɛrˈvɔɪənt/ UK /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who claims to have the ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

The clairvoyant predicted the outcome of the election with surprising accuracy.
2

adj
having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

She had a clairvoyant sense that something was about to go wrong.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who claims to have... psychic medium seerfortune telleroracle

2 adj · having or exhibiting an... prophetic visionary intuitive perceptive insightful

Opposites

obliviousunperceptive

Etymology

From French clair ("clear") + voyant ("seeing"), giving clairvoyant ("clear-sighted"); adopted into Modern English meaning "having the ability to perceive events beyond normal sensory contact."

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# clairvoyant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /klɛrˈvɔɪənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪənt/

## Meanings
1. a person who claims to have the ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact
2. having or exhibiting an ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

## Examples
- The clairvoyant predicted the outcome of the election with surprising accuracy.
- She had a clairvoyant sense that something was about to go wrong.

## Synonyms
- psychic
- medium
- seer
- oracle
- prophetic
- visionary
- intuitive
- perceptive
- insightful
- fortune teller

## Antonyms
- oblivious
- unperceptive

## Etymology
From French clair ("clear") + voyant ("seeing"), giving clairvoyant ("clear-sighted"); adopted into Modern English meaning "having the ability to perceive events beyond normal sensory contact."

## AI Etymology
Clairvoyant comes from French clair ("clear") + voyant ("seeing"), giving clairvoyant ("clear-sighted"); adopted into Modern English meaning "having the ability to perceive events beyond normal sensory contact.". In current use it is a noun and adjective meaning "a person who claims to have the ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning.

## Topics
- Senses & Perception
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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