clairvoyance

Questions about clairvoyance

What does clairvoyance mean?

clairvoyance means "apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses".

How many syllables are in clairvoyance?

clairvoyance has 3 syllables: clair-vo-yance. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/.

What is another word for clairvoyance?

Close synonyms include second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clairvoyance a common word?

clairvoyance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.