magician

ma·gi·cian

noun \mə-ˈji-shən\

Definition of MAGICIAN

1

: one skilled in magic; especially : sorcerer

2

: one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of hand

Examples of MAGICIAN

1. The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat.
2. She is a magician on the basketball court.

First Known Use of MAGICIAN

14th century

Related to MAGICIAN

Synonyms: charmer, conjurer (or conjuror), enchanter, mage, Magian, magus, necromancer, sorcerer, voodoo, voodooist, witch, wizard

Related Words: enchantress, hag, hex, sorceress; warlock; occultist; thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, wonder-worker; medicine man, shaman, shamanist, witch doctor; crystal gazer, diviner, foreseer, fortune-teller, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer; medium; exorciser, exorcist

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Rhymes with MAGICIAN

addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition