TELEPATHIC Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

telepathic

adjective

Definition of telepathic

as in psychic

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Recent Examples of telepathic The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 Steering is neutral, almost to a fault, and seems nearly telepathic. — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The inspiration for the movie came from the French theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who believed that the human race was getting ready to come together into a kind of cosmic telepathic hive mind. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026 The ensemble moved with a near-telepathic chemistry, seemingly playing as one organism rather than a collection of musicians. — Jessica Rish, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026 In Dylan Meyer’s stoner comedy The Wrong Girls, Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat play co-dependent pals made telepathic by an experimental new drug. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026 Its steering is light, razor-precise, and near telepathic in its feedback. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026 Frost is a telepathic Mutant who first showed up in X-Men comics in the 1980s and has evolved over the years, going from supervillain to a key member of the X-Men. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 31 July 2026 Like her mother, Rachel possesses powerful telepathic and telekinetic abilities and has been a key figure in several X-Men storylines involving time travel and alternate realities. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

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psychic

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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

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