SUPERSENSORY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

supersensory

adjective

Definition of supersensory

as in extrasensory

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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 Being is alien, mystical and magical, a migrant finding her way in a new world.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
This island calls to people, young and old; seeking emotional clarity, self improvement, stress relief, detox, physical renewal, and soulful, mystical spiritual healing.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of mystical

Adjective

The belief that heat can benefit the mind and relieve psychic suffering has a long history across human societies.

— Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
On the sixth season (1986-87) of the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest, Gortner drew on his real-life experience to portray Vince Karlotti, a colorful polygamist and faux psychic medium over 17 episodes.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of psychic

Adjective

But to conservative Christian critics, even the possibility of portraying a divine Christ figure as anything but male goes beyond artistic license.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
In mid-September, Oprah posted an Instagram reel wearing the most divine sweater, which combined a fisherman knit with delicate lace trim.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of divine

Adjective

The Draconids are also referred to as the Giacobinids in honor of that comet’s discoverer, Michel Giacobini, who spotted the celestial object in 1900.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
At some point around three billion years after the big bang, some celestial object in a faraway galaxy suddenly went pop and shot out a brief-but-powerful blast of radio waves, lasting just a fraction of a second.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of celestial

Adjective

Two translations—of poems by the Indian mystic Mirabai and the contemporary Romanian poet Radu Vancu—seek to inhabit and transcend the history that holds up the present.

— Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Rumi is also the name of a very famous 13th-century Persian poet and mystic.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of mystic

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