telepaths
Silent conversation partners
Telepaths are people with the supposed ability to read minds or communicate thoughts directly, without speech or physical signals.
The word appears almost exclusively in science fiction and fantasy, where telepaths may form elite groups or face persecution: The telepaths knew what you were thinking before you spoke.
Outside fiction, the term is used skeptically or metaphorically: I'm not a telepath—you have to tell me what's wrong.
- VulcansPointy-eared logical extraterrestrials
- JediForce-wielding space monk
- mutantsGenetically altered organisms
- giftedGiven as present
Jean Grey · scanners · readers · sensitives · awakened
Extrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
- psychokinesisMind-powered object manipulation
mediumship · divination · aura · paranormal · astral projection · seance · psychometry · mind reading
Cognitive connection between minds
- mind meldTelepathic merging of consciousness
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- transmissionSending of information
rapport · attunement · synchrony · psychic link · communion · interconnectedness · resonance · collective mind
Perceiving others' thoughts directly
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- scanningSystematic visual examination
- probingThoroughly investigating something
astral travel · premonition · foresight · prescience · foreknowledge · intuition · perception · discernment
Professor X
- VulcansPointy-eared logical extraterrestrials
- JediForce-wielding space monk
- mutantsGenetically altered organisms
Jean Grey · gifted · scanners · readers · sensitives · awakened
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
psychokinesis · mediumship · divination · aura · paranormal · astral projection · seance · psychometry · mind reading · ESP
mental link
Cognitive connection between minds
- mind meldTelepathic merging of consciousness
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- receptionAct of receiving guests
transmission · rapport · attunement · synchrony · psychic link · communion · interconnectedness · resonance · collective mind · hive mind
mind reading
Perceiving others' thoughts directly
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- scanningSystematic visual examination
probing · astral travel · premonition · foresight · prescience · foreknowledge · intuition · perception · discernment · awareness
unspoken
Not verbally expressed
noiseless · mental · nonverbal · hushed · inaudible · subliminal · invisible · covert · secret · private
- paranormalistspsychic, medium, parapsychologist, clairvoyant, sensitive
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, mutants
- future worldsdystopia, utopia, megacity, Mars colony, cyberpunk
- perceiversperceiver, observer, watcher, viewer, looker
telepathsmuggles
Non-initiates to specialized knowledge
skeptics · normies · materialists · ungifted · ordinary people
- twin telepathyPsychic bond between identical siblings
- mental telepathyPerceiving another's thoughts directly
- telepathic communicationDirect thought transmission