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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wizard has 2 senses
- wizard(n = noun.person) ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field; Array is a kind of expert
- wizard(n = noun.person) magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist - one who practices magic or sorcery; Array has particulars: enchanter, exorciser, exorcist, magus, sorceress, witch doctor, cagliostro, count alessandro di cagliostro, giuseppe balsamo
has particulars: track star
is a kind of occultist
Derived forms adjective wizard1, adjective wizardly1
Adjective wizard has 1 sense
- wizard(s = adj.all) charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizardly - possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" Derived form noun wizard2
CIDE DICTIONARY
wizard, n. [Probably from wise + -ard.].
- A wise man; a sage. [1913 Webster]"See how from far upon the eastern road
The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odors sweet!" [1913 Webster] - One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. [1913 Webster]"The wily wizard must be caught." [1913 Webster]
wizard, a.
- Enchanting; charming. Collins. [1913 Webster]
- Haunted by wizards. [1913 Webster]"Where Deva spreads her wizard stream." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wizard, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a sorcerer; a magician.
2 a person of remarkable powers, a genius.
3 a conjuror.
--adj. sl. esp. Brit. wonderful, excellent.
--n.
1 a sorcerer; a magician.
2 a person of remarkable powers, a genius.
3 a conjuror.
--adj. sl. esp. Brit. wonderful, excellent.
Derivative
wizardly adj. wizardry n.
Etymology
ME f. WISE(1) + -ARD
THESAURUS
wizard
Comus, Faust, OK, ace, ace-high, artist, authority, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, conjurer, cool, corking, crackerjack, dandy, delicious, diabolist, diviner, dowser, ducky, enchanter, fab, fine and dandy, first-rater, gear, genius, good hand, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up, just dandy, keen, mage, magician, magus, mahatma, man of genius, marvy, master, master hand, mastermind, mean, miracle-worker, neat, necromancer, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, past master, peachy, peachy-keen, practiced hand, prodigy, professional, proficient, ripping, rum, sage, scrumptious, skilled hand, slap-up, smashing, solid, something else, sorcerer, spiffing, spiffy, star, stunning, superstar, swell, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, topnotcher, tough, virtuoso, warlock, water witch, whizROGET THESAURUS
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Proficient
N proficient, expert, adept, dab, dabster, crackerjack, connoisseur, master, master hand, prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer, protagonist, past master, mahatma, picked man, medallist, prizeman, veteran, old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand, man of business, man of the world, nice hand, good hand, clean hand, practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand, marksman, good shot, dead shot, crack shot, ropedancer, funambulist, acrobat, cunning man, conjuror, wizard, genius, mastermind, master head, master spirit, cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow, jobber, cracksman, politician, tactician, strategist, pantologist, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades, prodigy of learning.Sorcerer
N sorcerer, magician, thaumaturgist, theurgist, conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch, hoodoo, voodoo, fairy, lamia, hag, warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage, cunning man, medicine man, Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica, medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller, mesmerist, deus ex machina, soothsayer, Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian, Circe, siren, weird sisters.Sage
N sage, wise man, genius, master mind, master spirit of the age, longhead, thinker, intellectual, longhair, authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel, man of learning, expert, wizard, wiseacre, bigwig, know-it-all, poor man's Einstein, venerable, reverenced, emeritus, barba tenus sapientes.
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