supersensory

adjective

Definition of supersensorynext
as in extrasensory

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  1. extrasensory
  2. mystical
  3. psychic
  4. spiritual
  5. divine
  6. celestial
  7. mystic
Adjective
  • From the above example, friend one and two demonstrate a relatively standard range of sensitivity, while friend three and four exhibit more extreme extrasensory abilities.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 July 2018
  • Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s extrasensory musical comes back to us courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theater.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Definition of extrasensory
Adjective
  • The idea sounded at once mystical, therapeutic, and nightmarish.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Musashi becomes unwillingly bound to the mystical Oni Gauntlet.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of mystical
Adjective
  • Shaye plays Elise Rainer, a dimension-traveling psychic who helps people fight off demons, even from the afterlife.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • What we’re left with is the image of the fanatic, leaving prints on the grass, chasing the President’s golf cart to no avail, working out her psychic need in the epistolary form, writing as much to herself as to her addressee.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of psychic
Adjective
  • But to say that Real Housewives lives in the same spiritual neighborhood as Big Little Lies, White Lotus, Girls Trip, and The Substance better captures the drama, the comedy, and the eternal fight against aging.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • For decades, metaphysical stores and botanicas have sold religious items and offered spiritual cleansings and readings in spite of stigmatization and gentrification.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of spiritual
Adjective
  • There’s a king bed with a divine wooden headboard and plush white linens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, in Herzog’s vision, they’re touched by something profound, perhaps divine.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of divine
Adjective
  • But in the end, trying to time celestial events from S301 would be irksome.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026
  • September brings forth two completely different celestial energies, and each one focuses on something unique.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of celestial
Adjective
  • The piece, inspired by the 12th-century polymathic mystic Saint Hildegard of Bingen, was skin-tinglingly breathy and slow, with long tones (played by Malone and her accompanist Stephen O’Malley) that rose up and swirled around the room.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Poetry of a Hindu mystic Kashmir gradually became a predominantly Muslim society after the Shah Mir dynasty came to power in the 14th century.
    — Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of mystic
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“Supersensory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersensory. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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