Thesaurus:magician

Thesaurus

magician

English

Noun

Sense: person skilled in magic

Synonyms

NB: The gender is often assumed to be male for many terms, unless otherwise stated.

• archmage
• archmagician
• charmer
• conjurer
• illusionist
• Karcist
• mage
• magic user
• magus
• shaman
• sortileger (obsolete)
• spellbinder
• spellcaster
• spellmaker
• thaumaturge
• theurgist
• whizz
• whiz
• witch doctor
• wiz
• wonderworker

Antonyms

• nonmagician
• nonwitch
• nonwizard

Hyponyms

Male magicians

• archwizard
• cunning man
• enchanter
• half-wizard
• hedge wizard
• man-witch
• pellar (Cornish)
• sorcerer
• warlock
• white wizard
• witchcraftsman (humorous)
• wisard (archaic)
• wise man
• wizard
• wizardling

Female magicians

• black witch
• cunning woman
• enchantress
• hag
• half-witch
• hellcat
• magewoman
• magicianess
• magicienne
• sorceress
• white witch
• wise woman
• witch
• wizardess

Other

• battlemage
• black mage
• black magician
• white magician

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• cunning folk
• wizardkind

See also

• Thesaurus:oracle
• Thesaurus:shape-shifter

Further reading

• “994. sorcerer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “992. sorcery” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “magician” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.