| oracle | | |
| n. (person) | 1. oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer, vaticinator | an authoritative person who divines the future. |
| ~ augur, auspex | (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy. |
| ~ diviner | someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers. |
| ~ prophetess | a woman prophet. |
| ~ sibyl | (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet. |
| n. (communication) | 2. oracle | a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible. |
| ~ divination, prophecy | a prediction uttered under divine inspiration. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. oracle | a shrine where an oracular god is consulted. |
| ~ shrine | a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person. |
| ~ delphic oracle, oracle of apollo, oracle of delphi, temple of apollo | (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous. |
| psychic | | |
| n. (person) | 1. psychic | a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception. |
| ~ clairvoyant | someone who has the power of clairvoyance. |
| ~ sensitive, spiritualist, medium | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead.; "he consulted several mediums" |
| ~ occultist | a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts. |
| ~ spirit rapper | someone who claims to receive messages from the dead in the form of raps on a table. |
| adj. | 2. psychic, psychical | affecting or influenced by the human mind.; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma" |
| ~ mental | involving the mind or an intellectual process.; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects" |
| adj. | 3. psychic, psychical | outside the sphere of physical science.; "psychic phenomena" |
| ~ paranormal | not in accordance with scientific laws.; "what seemed to be paranormal manifestations" |
| surmise | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. |
| ~ opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ divination | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. surmise | infer from incomplete evidence. |
| ~ deduce, derive, infer, deduct | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| v. (communication) | 3. surmise, suspect | imagine to be the case or true or probable.; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" |
| ~ hazard, guess, venture, pretend | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" |
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