magician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: magicians
form: magitian
Etymology: From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
examples: text: The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
ref: 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
glosses: A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
glosses: A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
glosses: An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
glosses: A person who astounds; an enigma.
Synonyms: sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: sorcerer
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: wizard
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: warlock
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: witch
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: mage
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: magic user
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: spellcaster
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: enchanter
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: conjurer
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: thaumaturge
sense: practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
word: theurgist
sense: spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
word: spiritualist
sense: spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
word: mystic
sense: spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
word: shaman
sense: spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
word: witch doctor
sense: performer of tricks
word: wizard
sense: performer of tricks
word: trickster
sense: performer of tricks
word: stage magician
sense: talented craftsman or scientist
word: whizz
sense: talented craftsman or scientist
word: whiz
sense: talented craftsman or scientist
word: wiz
sense: talented craftsman or scientist
word: wizard
sense: person who astounds, is an enigma
word: phenomenon
word: archmage
word: archmagician
word: charmer
word: illusionist
word: Karcist
word: magus
word: sortileger
word: spellbinder
word: spellmaker
word: wonderworker
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: Male magicians
word: archwizard
word: cunning man
word: enchanter
word: half-wizard
word: hedge wizard
word: man-witch
word: pellar
word: sorcerer
word: warlock
word: white wizard
word: witchcraftsman
word: wisard
word: wise man
word: wizard
word: wizardling
word: Female magicians
word: black witch
word: cunning woman
word: enchantress
word: hag
word: half-witch
word: hellcat
word: magewoman
word: magicianess
word: magicienne
word: sorceress
word: white witch
word: wise woman
word: witch
word: wizardess
word: Other
word: battlemage
word: black mage
word: black magician
word: white magician
Derived terms: a magician never reveals his secrets
archmagician
black magician
cacomagician
cardician
magicianess
magicianlike
magicianly
magicianry
magician's guilt
magicianship
magickian
mathemagician
nonmagician
white magician
Related terms: word: magic
word: magical
word: magically
word: magicienne
word: oracle
word: shape-shifter