telepath
telepath noun: a person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.
Noun
telepath (plural telepaths)
- A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.
- Synonyms:
- mind-reader
Verb
telepath (third-person singular simple present telepaths, present participle telepathing, simple past and past participle telepathed)
- To communicate by thought; to use telepathy.
- Jan. 3rd, 1984.—I was in the front sitting-room and dare not go out of the room for the cold; my plants were awfully dry, and hearing E. [her niece] in the kitchen, I telepathed to her to bring me in some water. She at once came with a jug full and asked if I would water the plants.1896 October, “A Diary of Telepathic Impressions”, in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 7, number 132, page 300
- He does not attribute one single experience to what we might term a "ghost" for lack of a better term. Witches, poltergeists, goblins, gremlins, fairies, dwarfs—all of them are real, physical, alive, being either the real thing or the teleported or telepathed image of the real thing.1947 June, Raymond A. Palmer, “Observatory”, in Amazing Stories, volume 21, number 6, page 9
Examples of telepath in a sentence
- Thanos: "Did you not suspect I could tell you had been telepathing?"1973 February, Stan Lee, Iron Man, number 55
- In your mind you have capacities you know / To telepath messages through the vast unknown1976, John Woloschuk and Terry Draper, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”, in 3:47 EST, performed by Klaatu:
Synonyms of telepath
Forms of telepath
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | telepaths |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | telepaths |
| present participle | telepathing |
| past participle | telepathed |
| past | telepathed |
Origin of telepath
From telepathy.
Words formed from telepath
Questions about telepath
- What does telepath mean?
- Telepath means a person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.
- How do you use telepath in a sentence?
- Thanos: "Did you not suspect I could tell you had been telepathing?"
- What part of speech is telepath?
- Telepath can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of telepath?
- The plural of telepath is telepaths.
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