magicians

Noun

magician (plural magicians)

1. A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

   Synonyms:

   sorcerer, wizard, warlock, witch, mage, magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge

2. (derogatory, sometimes) 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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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

3. A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

   Synonyms:

   wizard, trickster, stage magician

4. An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

   Synonyms:

   whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard

5. A person who astounds; an enigma.

   Synonyms:

   phenomenon