English Explanatory Dictionary

magician

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
A person who astounds; an enigma.

Pronunciation

/məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/ [məˈd͡ʒɪʃən] ~ [məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩] En-us-magician.ogg

Word forms

magician magicians magitian

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

Synonyms

archmage archmagician bewitcher charmer illusionist Karcist magus obeah sortileger spellbinder spellmaker wonderworker sorcerer wizard warlock witch mage magic user spellcaster enchanter conjurer thaumaturge theurgist spiritualist mystic shaman witch doctor trickster stage magician whizz whiz wiz phenomenon

Antonyms

nonmagician nonwitch nonwizard

Related words

magic magical magically magicienne oracle shape-shifter

Derived words

a magician never reveals his secrets archmagician black magician cacomagician cardician magicianess magicianlike magicianly magicianry magician's guilt magicianship magickian mathemagician nonmagician white magician

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