Meanings
nounmagician (plural magicians)
plural magicians · alternative obsolete magitian
- A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
Synonyms: sorcerer, wizard, warlock, witch, mage, magic user, spellcaster, enchanter
- derogatorysometimesA 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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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 8892Synonyms: spiritualist, mystic, shaman, witch doctor
- A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
Synonyms: wizard, trickster, stage magician
- A person who astounds; an enigma.
Synonyms: phenomenon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
nounA spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
nounA performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
nounA person who astounds; an enigma.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
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performerperforming artist
nounone who practices magic or sorcery
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Origin
- Middle Frenchmagicien
- Middle Englishmagicien
- Englishmagician
From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سَاحِر
- سَاحِر (sāḥir)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Basque azti
- aztipractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Bengali জাদুকর
- জাদুকর (jadukor)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Bulgarian вълше́бник, чароде́й
- вълше́бник (vălšébnik)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- чароде́й (čarodéj)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- маг (mag)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- магьо́сник (magjósnik)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- ве́щер (véšter)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- фо́кусник (fókusnik)performer of tricks
Catalan mag, màgic
- magpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- màgicpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- fetillerpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- màgicspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- fetillerspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- magperformer of tricks
- màgicperformer of tricks
- magamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
Chinese Cantonese 巫師 /巫师, 魔術師 /魔术师
- 巫師 /巫师 (mou⁴ si¹)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 魔術師 /魔术师 (mo¹ seot⁶ si¹)performer of tricks
Chinese Mandarin 巫師 /巫师, 覡 /觋
- 巫師 /巫师 (wūshī)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 覡 /觋 (xí)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 魔法師 /魔法师 (mófǎshī)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 妖人 (yāorén)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 魔術師 /魔术师 (móshùshī)performer of tricks
Czech kouzelník, čaroděj
- kouzelníkpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- čarodějpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- mágpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- čarodějníkpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Danish troldmand, tryllekunstner
- troldmandpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- tryllekunstnerperformer of tricks
- gøglerperformer of tricks
Dutch tovenaar, magiër
- tovenaarpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magiërpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- goochelaarperformer of tricks
- illusionistperformer of tricks
- magiërperformer of tricks
- tovenaaramazingly talented craftsman or scientist
- goochelaarperson who astounds, is an enigma
- magiërperson who astounds, is an enigma
- tovenaarperson who astounds, is an enigma
Esperanto iluziisto, sorĉisto
- iluziistopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- sorĉistopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- prestidigitiistoperformer of tricks
- magiistoperformer of tricks
Estonian maag, võlur
- maagpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- võlurpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- mustkunstnikperformer of tricks
- illusionistperformer of tricks
Finnish taikuri, mystikko
- taikuripractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- mystikkospiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- illusionistiperformer of tricks
- velhoamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
- ilmiöperson who astounds, is an enigma
French magicien
- magicienpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
German Magier, Zauberer
- Magierpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- Zaubererpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- Zaubrerpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- Magierinpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- Zauberinpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- Zaubrerinpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- Magierperformer of tricks
- Magierinperformer of tricks
- Zauberkünstlerperformer of tricks
- Zauberkünstlerinperformer of tricks
- Illusionskünstlerperformer of tricks
- Illusionskünstlerinperformer of tricks
Greek μάγος, ταχυδακτυλουργός
- μάγος (mágos)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- ταχυδακτυλουργός (tachydaktylourgós)performer of tricks
Hebrew קוֹסֵם, מְכַשֵּׁף
- קוֹסֵם (kosém)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- מְכַשֵּׁף (mekhashéf)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Hindi जादूगर, साहिर
- जादूगर (jādūgar)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- साहिर (sāhir)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Hungarian varázsló
- varázslópractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Icelandic töframaður
- töframaðurpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Indonesian penyihir, penyihir
- penyihirpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- penyihirspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- pesulapperformer of tricks
- pesunglapperformer of tricks
- tukang sulapperformer of tricks
- pesulapamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
Irish draíodóir, draoi
- draíodóirpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- draoipractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Italian mago, stregone
- magopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- stregonepractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Japanese 魔法使い, 魔術師
- 魔法使い (mahō tsukai)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 魔術師 (majutsushi)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Korean 마술사, 마법사
- 마술사 (masulsa)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- 마법사 (mabeopsa)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Latin magus, magus
- maguspractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magusspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- mysticusspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- praestīgiātorperformer of tricks
- praestīgiātrixperformer of tricks
Latvian burvis, burve
- burvispractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- burvepractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- zintniekspractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Lithuanian magas, burtininkas
- magaspractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- burtininkaspractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Malay ahli silap mata, pesilap mata
- ahli silap mataperformer of tricks
- pesilap mataperformer of tricks
Māori kaimākutu
- kaimākutupractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Norwegian trollmann
- trollmannspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
Norwegian Bokmål magiker, trollmann
- magikerpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- trollmannpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- tryllekunstnerperformer of tricks
Persian جادوگر, ساحر
- جادوگر (jâdugar)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- ساحر (sâher)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- سحرباز (sehrbâz)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Polish magik, czarodziej
- magikpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- czarodziejpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- czarownikpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- magikperformer of tricks
Portuguese mago, bruxo
- magopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- bruxopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- mágicopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- feiticeiropractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- feiticeirospiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- mágicoperformer of tricks
- ilusionistaperformer of tricks
- magoamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
- fenômenoamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
Romanian magician, vrăjitor
- magicianpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- vrăjitorpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magicianperformer of tricks
- magicianăperformer of tricks
- iluzionistperformer of tricks
- magicianamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
Russian волше́бник, колду́н
- волше́бник (volšébnik)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- колду́н (koldún)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- маг (mag)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- чароде́й (čarodéj)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- заклина́тель (zaklinátelʹ)spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- чароде́й (čarodéj)spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- фо́кусник (fókusnik)performer of tricks
- иллюзиони́ст (illjuzioníst)performer of tricks
Scottish Gaelic draoidh, draoidh
- draoidhpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- draoidhspiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
Slovak kúzelník, mág
- kúzelníkpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- mágpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- čarodejníkpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- čarodejpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Spanish mago, mago
- magopractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magospiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- magoperformer of tricks
- fenómenoamazingly talented craftsman or scientist
Swedish trollkarl, trollkäring
- trollkarlpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- trollkäringpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- trollkonapractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- trollpackapractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- trollgubbepractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- magikerperformer of tricks
- trollkonstnärperformer of tricks
- trollkarlperformer of tricks
- illusionistperformer of tricks
- taskspelareperformer of tricks
Tagalog salamangkero, salamangkero
- salamangkeropractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- salamangkerospiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- salamangkeroperformer of tricks
Tamil மந்திரவாதி, மாந்திரிகன்
- மந்திரவாதி (mantiravāti)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- மாந்திரிகன் (māntirikaṉ)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- மாயக்காரன் (māyakkāraṉ)spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- மாயக்காரி (māyakkāri)spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- மாயக்காரர் (māyakkārar)spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
- மந்திரவாதி (mantiravāti)performer of tricks
Thai ผู้วิเศษ, พ่อมด
- ผู้วิเศษ (pûu-wí-sèet)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- พ่อมด (pɔ̂ɔ-mót)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- นักมายากล (nák-maa-yaa-gon)performer of tricks
Turkish sihirbaz, büyücü
- sihirbazpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- büyücüpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- efsuncupractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- afsuncupractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- hokkabazperformer of tricks
Ukrainian чарівни́к, маг
- чарівни́к (čarivnýk)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- маг (mah)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- чароді́й (čarodíj)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- фо́кусник (fókusnyk)performer of tricks
- штука́р (štukár)performer of tricks
- ілюзіоні́ст (iljuzioníst)performer of tricks
- ілюзіоні́стка (iljuzionístka)performer of tricks
- маг (mah)performer of tricks
Urdu جادوگر, ساحر
- جادوگر (jādūgar)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- ساحر (sāhir)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Vietnamese phù thủy
- phù thủypractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Welsh swynwr, dewin
- swynwrpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
- dewinpractitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Yiddish מכשף
- מכשף (mekhashef)practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with magician
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magician. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magician
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“magician.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magician. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magician,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magician.
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