Synonyms for magician
Most common
wizard sorcerer illusionist conjurer phenomenon ninja wiz hellcat
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Wizard — A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic
wizard, conjurer, sorcerer, illusionist, enchanter, necromancer, mage, warlock, magic user, magus, charmer, witch, diviner, spellcaster, thaumaturge, prestidigitator, hag, thaumaturgist, theurgist, juggler dated
2. Shaman — A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
3. Trickster — A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- n. 2
A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
- n. 3
A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
Related words
- Word family
- magicianess magicianlike magicianly magiciany magic magical magicienne
- Phrases
- black magician stage magician
- Is a kind of
- person
Forms
- Plural
- magicians → wizards, conjurers, sorcerers, illusionists…
Example sentences
- wizard So, was there a time when you were a wizard, too?
- sorcerer What's the difference between a wizard and a sorcerer?
- illusionist Yanni is a master illusionist.
- conjurer You had the same experience as Mr Bean when the conjurer summoned him.
- phenomenon People are talking about this Internet phenomenon.
- ninja He was like a ninja hiding behind one of our cars!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| magician | rising | |
| wizard | rising | |
| sorcerer | rising | |
| illusionist | rising | |
| conjurer | rising | |
| phenomenon | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- wiz1, hag1
- 4 letters
- mage, whiz1
- 5 letters
- witch1, ninja2, magus2, whizz
- 6 letters
- wizard2, mystic2, shaman2
- 7 letters
- warlock2, charmer2, juggler3, hellcat, diviner
- 8 letters
- sorcerer3, conjurer3
- 9 letters
- trickster2, enchanter3, theurgist
- 10 letters
- phenomenon4
- 11 letters
- necromancer4, illusionist4, spellcaster, thaumaturge
- 12 letters
- spiritualist5
- 13 letters
- thaumaturgist
- 15 letters
- prestidigitator6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ninja2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- magicien