magician

noun

ma·​gi·​cian mə-ˈji-shən 

1

: one skilled in magic

especially : sorcerer

2

: one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of hand

Synonyms of magician

• sorcerer
• mage
• wizard
• witch

Examples of magician in a Sentence

The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat.

She is a magician on the basketball court.

Recent Examples on the Web

Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026

After one particularly lackluster trial, Lincoln runs into Sheila Flambé (Janelle James), a sexy magician’s assistant denied the magical spotlight by the city’s old boys club. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026

Some segments even included card magic performed jointly with human magicians and floating illusion acts executed entirely by robots, adding another layer of complexity to the live show. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026

If the architects are visionaries and engineers the technical experts, the workers are the magicians who can make new projects appear out of thin air. —Carlo Scissura, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for magician

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• clinician
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition

Kids Definition

magician

noun

ma·​gi·​cian mə-ˈjish-ən 

1

: a person skilled in magic

especially : sorcerer

2

: a performer of tricks of illusion