precog
Sees what's coming
A precog is someone with precognition—the psychic ability to see future events before they happen.
The term comes from science fiction, most notably Philip K.
Dick's work and the film *Minority Report*, where precogs foresee crimes.
It functions as both noun the precogs predicted a murder and adjective precog abilities.
Extrasensory perception ability
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- ESPParanormal mental faculty
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- mind-readerOne who perceives thoughts
telepath · psychometry · psi · parapsychology · premonition · foresight · prescient · foreknowledge
Genetically altered organism
- DuneSci-fi desert planet saga
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- X-MenMutant superhero collective
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
foreshadowing · augury · auspice · sign · warning · prophecy · foretoken · herald
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
augur · diviner · medium · channeling · scrying · crystal-gazing · prognosticator · palmistry
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- sensePerception or judgment
suspicion · anticipation · awareness · insight · foreboding · presentiment · feeling
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- ESPParanormal mental faculty
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
mind-reader · telepath · psychometry · psi · parapsychology · premonition · foresight · prescient · foreknowledge · mentalist
mutant
Genetically altered organism
- DuneSci-fi desert planet saga
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- X-MenMutant superhero collective
sci-fi · dystopia · Agatha · gifted · abilities · powers · visions
portent
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
foreboding · foreshadowing · augury · auspice · sign · warning · prophecy · foretoken · herald · prognostic
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
sibyl · augur · diviner · medium · channeling · scrying · crystal-gazing · prognosticator · palmistry · tarot
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
sense · suspicion · anticipation · awareness · insight · foreboding · presentiment · feeling
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
precoghistorian
Expert on past events
chronicler · archivist · remembrancer · recorder · annalist
precogempiricist
Knowledge-from-experience advocate
skeptic · rationalist · scientist · documentarian · witness