magician
Syllables: ma·gi·cian/məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/
magician noun: a person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
Noun
magician (plural magicians)
- A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- Synonyms:
- sorcerer, wizard, warlock, witch, mage, magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge
- A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
- 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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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”.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892
- Synonyms:
- spiritualist, mystic, shaman, witch doctor
- A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
- Synonyms:
- wizard, trickster, stage magician
- An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
- A person who astounds; an enigma.
- Synonyms:
- phenomenon
magician meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
magician in Hindi
- practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- जादूगर jādūgar, साहिर sāhir
magician in Tamil
- practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- மந்திரவாதி mantiravāti, மாந்திரிகன் māntirikaṉ
- spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- மாயக்காரன் māyakkāraṉ, மாயக்காரி māyakkāri, மாயக்காரர் māyakkārar
- performer of tricks
- மந்திரவாதி mantiravāti
magician in Marathi
- practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- जादूगार jādūgār
- performer of tricks
- जादूगार jādūgār
magician in Urdu
- practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- جادوگر jādūgar, ساحر sāhir
More languagesFewer languages
- magician in Bengali
- জাদুকর jadukor
- magician in Telugu
- మాంత్రికుడు māntrikuḍu
- magician in Malayalam
- ചെപ്പടിവിദ്യകാരൻ, മായികൻ, മന്ത്രവാദി
- magician in Kannada
- ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ māntrika
- magician in Punjabi
- جادوگر jādūgar, ਜਾਦੂਗਰ jādūgar
- magician in Gujarati
- ઓઝો ojho, સેવડો sevḍo
- magician in Odia
- ଯାଦୁକର, ଜାଦୁକର, ଜାଦୁଗର
- magician in Sanskrit
- मायिन् māyin
- magician in Assamese
- যাদুকৰ zadukor
- magician in Nepali
- जादुगर, जादूगर
- magician in Pashto
- جادوګر jādugar, ساحر sāher, سحرګر sehrgar
- magician in Tagalog
- salamangkero
- magician in Arabic
- سَاحِر sāḥir
- magician in Malay
- ahli silap mata, pesilap mata
- magician in Indonesian
- penyihir, pesulap, pesunglap, tukang sulap
- magician in Persian
- جادوگر jâdugar, ساحر sâher, سحرباز sehrbâz
- magician in Thai
- ผู้วิเศษ pûu-wí-sèet, พ่อมด pɔ̂ɔ-mót, นักมายากล nák-maa-yaa-gon
- magician in Vietnamese
- phù thủy
- magician in Myanmar
- မျက်လှည့်ဆရာ myakhlany.hca.ra
Examples of magician in a sentence
- The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
- He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
- This is an example of what magicians (and unfortunately phony psychics) call a "cold read".
Synonyms of magician
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Antonyms
Forms of magician
| plural | magicians |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | magitian |
Origin of magician
From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.
Words formed from magician
Phrases with magician
Words that rhyme with magician
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about magician
- What does magician mean?
- Magician means a person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- What is magician in Hindi?
- Magician in Hindi is जादूगर (jādūgar), साहिर (sāhir). See Magician meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is magician?
- Magician is a noun.
- How do you pronounce magician?
- Magician is pronounced /məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of magician?
- The plural of magician is magicians.
Words near magician in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: magician (page history and authors); మాంత్రికుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); magician (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جادوگر (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઓઝો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); magician (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); যাদুকৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); magician (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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