mediums
Séance session leaders
Mediums is the plural of medium, used when referring to people who claim to communicate with the dead: Several mediums offered to contact her late husband.
For other senses—channels of communication, artistic materials, intermediate sizes—the Latin plural media is standard: social media, mixed media.
But mediums appears in all contexts and isn't wrong.
One claiming supernatural perception
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- spiritistSeeker of ghostly contact
oracle · necromancer · fortuneteller · diviner · sensitive · spiritualist · trance · ectoplasm
Heavy woven cloth
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- acrylicSynthetic resin or fiber
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
charcoal · ink · pastel · tempera · gouache · fresco · encaustic · collage
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- middleCentral point or position
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- midsizeModerate in scale
- mid-rangeMiddle of spectrum
standard · regular · normal · mean · midpoint · center · between
Transaction intermediary for hire
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- agentOne who acts independently
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
facilitator · envoy · delegate · diplomat · arbiter · conciliator · intercessor · emissary
Moldable earth for ceramics
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- woodTree-derived building material
- glassTransparent solid from sand
metal · ceramic · stone · paper · resin · plaster · wax · fiber
psychic
One claiming supernatural perception
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- seanceRitual to contact spirits
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
spiritist · oracle · necromancer · fortuneteller · diviner · sensitive · spiritualist · trance · ectoplasm · apparition
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- acrylicSynthetic resin or fiber
oil · charcoal · ink · pastel · tempera · gouache · fresco · encaustic · collage · printmaking
average
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
mid-range · standard · regular · normal · mean · midpoint · center · between
broker
Transaction intermediary for hire
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- liaisonConnector between groups
- agentOne who acts independently
negotiator · facilitator · envoy · delegate · diplomat · arbiter · conciliator · intercessor · emissary · spokesperson
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
glass · metal · ceramic · stone · paper · resin · plaster · wax · fiber · concrete
television
Broadcast viewing device
satellite · network · digital · print · online · podcast · news · advertising · entertainment · journalism
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- Animismanimist, ancestors, totems, forest spirits, earth spirits
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- Biblical Supernaturalsorcery, witchcraft, magic, demons, exorcism
- Chinese folk religionfolk religion, folk beliefs, ancestral worship, Chinese temples, joss sticks
- New Agecrystals, auras, reiki, tarot, astrology
mediumsextremes
Outermost ends of range
extra-larges · smalls · extra-smalls · larges · petites
mediumsskeptics
Those who doubt claims
debunkers · materialists · rationalists · disbelievers · doubters
- medium rareSteak doneness level
- happy mediumSatisfactory compromise position
- medium heatMidrange cooking temperature
- medium wellMostly cooked through
- medium sizeAverage scale option
- medium roastModerate coffee preparation