conjurer

noun

ˈkän-jər-ər How to pronounce conjurer (audio)
variants or conjuror
Definition of conjurernext
1
as in magician
a person skilled in using supernatural forces in the book the conjurer battles a barbarian swordsman

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2
as in illusionist
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment a conjurer in Las Vegas who must make audiences believe in the impossible eight shows a week

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Recent Examples of conjurer Supporting the lead characters is Annie (Mosaku), Smoke’s true love and the town’s trusted spiritual healer and Hoodoo conjurer. — Robert Lang, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025 Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships. — Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025 Annie is the community’s spiritual leader, a Hoodoo conjurer, herbalist and healer. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025 There was a collective inhale as Kyle Abraham—founder, Artistic Director, conjurer—took the stage for a solo that reminded us why his company carries his name. — Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conjurer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjurer
  1. magician
  2. sorcerer
  3. mage
  4. wizard
  5. witch
Noun
  • Houdini offers tribute to some magicians who preceded him and laments that more wasn't known about them.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In it, an orphan inherits a magician’s book and uses it to recover the memories an authoritarian empire has buried.
    — Mark Schilling, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of magician
Noun
  • While much of the plot still remains hidden in the eastern European nation of Latveria, it is known to feature heroes from different timelines that team-up to fight the universe-shattering peril of a sorcerer scientist named Doctor Doom.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • It's based on a Russian fairy tale called the Firebird, which is about a young prince who rescues a coterie of princesses from an evil sorcerer.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of sorcerer
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  • Months earlier, Andy accidentally entered a magical portal, became a mage and saved the realm, but no one at home believed him.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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Noun
  • Among the counties now favoring Colom is Forrest County, home to Hattiesburg and named for Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Forrest County’s Competing Legacies Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Tennessee slave trader who became a Confederate general, later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.
    — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of wizard
Noun
  • A couple of passing witches in distressed fish-nets aww-ed at the sight of the dog begging for the second half of his cone.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • There was a witch in a scary, misty setting, and Paw Patrol characters, and a pumpkin patch.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of witch

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“Conjurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjurer. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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