Meanings
- fantasyA magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
Synonyms: magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge, theurgist, spiritualist, mystic
- obsoleteSynonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.
While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa.
c. 1790, Edward Gibbon, On the Position of the Meridional Line, and the supposed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Ancients; republished as The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. […] , volume 5, 1814, pages 186–87Synonyms: magus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
nounSynonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.
Origin
- Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁
- Ancient GreekΜάγος
- Latinmagus
- Middle Englishmages
- Englishmage
From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maguš/). Doublet of magus.
More words from Middle English, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μάγος
- μάγος (mágos)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Arabic سَاحِر, مَجُوس
- سَاحِر (sāḥir)magician, wizard or sorcerer
- مَجُوس (majūs)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Bulgarian магьосник
- магьосник (magjosnik)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Catalan mag, màgic
- magmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- màgicmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- fetillermagician, wizard or sorcerer
Chinese Mandarin 法師 /法师, 魔法師 /魔法师
- 法師 /法师 (fǎshī)magician, wizard or sorcerer
- 魔法師 /魔法师 (mófǎshī)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Czech mág, čaroděj
- mágmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- čarodějmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- kouzelníkmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Danish troldmand, magiker
- troldmandmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- magikermagician, wizard or sorcerer
- magermagician, wizard or sorcerer
Dutch magiër, tovenaar
- magiërmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- tovenaarmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Finnish maagi, velho
- maagimagician, wizard or sorcerer
- velhomagician, wizard or sorcerer
French mage
- magemagician, wizard or sorcerer
German Magier, Magierin
- Magiermagician, wizard or sorcerer
- Magierinmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- Zauberermagician, wizard or sorcerer
- Zauberinmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- Zaubrermagician, wizard or sorcerer
- Zaubrerinmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Hungarian varázsló, mágus
- varázslómagician, wizard or sorcerer
- mágusmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Icelandic galdramaður
- galdramaðurmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Italian magio
- magiomagician, wizard or sorcerer
Korean 마법사
- 마법사 (mabeopsa)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Latin magus, maga
- magusmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- magamagician, wizard or sorcerer
Lithuanian magas
- magasmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Malay ahli sihir
- ahli sihirmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Persian مجوسی
- مجوسی (majusi)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Polish mag, czarodziej
- magmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- czarodziejmagician, wizard or sorcerer
Portuguese mago, maga
- magomagician, wizard or sorcerer
- magamagician, wizard or sorcerer
Russian маг, волхв
- маг (mag)magician, wizard or sorcerer
- волхв (volxv)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Spanish mago, hechicero
- magomagician, wizard or sorcerer
- hechiceromagician, wizard or sorcerer
Swedish trollkarl, magiker
- trollkarlmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- magikermagician, wizard or sorcerer
Turkish büyücü, sihirbaz
- büyücümagician, wizard or sorcerer
- sihirbazmagician, wizard or sorcerer
- efsuncumagician, wizard or sorcerer
Ukrainian маг
- маг (mah)magician, wizard or sorcerer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mage
Anagrams
Cite this entry
mage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mage
“mage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mage.
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