conjurer

noun

con·​jur·​er ˈkän-jər-ər 

ˈkən-

variants or conjuror

1

: one that practices magic arts : wizard

2

: one that performs feats of sleight of hand and illusion : magician, juggler

Synonyms

• charmer
• enchanter
• mage
• Magian
• magician
• magus
• necromancer
• sorcerer
• voodoo
• voodooist
• witch
• wizard

Examples of conjurer in a Sentence

in the book the conjurer battles a barbarian swordsman

a conjurer in Las Vegas who must make audiences believe in the impossible eight shows a week

Recent Examples on the Web

Smoke reconnects, in one of the film’s most lusty moments (there are quite a few), with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), an old flame who’s also a Hoodoo conjurer. —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025

The most captivating of the three love stories is Smoke’s reunion with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), a Hoodoo conjurer and Orisha spiritual healer who runs a small plantation store, where their infant son is buried outside under an oak tree. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025

So, Coogler took those familiar archetypes — the Hoodoo conjurer, the woman who can pass as white, the shop owners, the musical prodigy whose dad is a preacher, the old blues musician who is constantly self-soothing, and even the Smokestack twins — and gave them new depth. —Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025

But Pochettino is not just a conjurer of other people’s emotions. —Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for conjurer

• conjuror