as in wizard
a very smart person
he must be some kind of wiz to have graduated college at age 19
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Recent Examples of wiz
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell has built an entire rustic cabin farmhouse set design, complete with hidden secret reveals for the audience.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Visual art is not new to Martin, a wiz at one-liners who incorporates drawings in his stand-up.
—Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Fun fact from Mariners PR wiz Alex Mayer: the team has actually had a four-homer game on the road, by Mike Cameron in Chicago in 2002, since its last three-homer game at home.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Visual art is not new to Martin, a wiz at one-liners who incorporates drawings in his stand-up.
—Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Fun fact from Mariners PR wiz Alex Mayer: the team has actually had a four-homer game on the road, by Mike Cameron in Chicago in 2002, since its last three-homer game at home.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In the snippet, which is taken from Ramsey’s popular show, the money wiz shakes his head and buries it in his hands.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiz
Noun
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Filming has been ongoing for months in the UK on the Harry Potter series, which will star Dominic McLaughlin as the titular Hogwarts wizard.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Ringbrothers Kingpin was unveiled at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show (SEMA) in Las Vegas, which is a haven for aftermarket wizards, tuners, and auto tinkerers of all stripes.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Packed practical tutorials, tool tips and ideas drawing from Hanna’s experience the paperback teaches sewers of all levels a range of genius jean repair, repurpose and restyling skills.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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Watson’s life story also has been warped by the myth of the lone genius, or in the case of Watson and Crick, the lone geniuses.—
Kathryn Paige Harden,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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Matty does this by engaging the Kingstons’ favorite tech whiz — a sleazy genius named Carl — to alter her old text-message chain with Belvin, to add a fake text where Matty gets angry with her friend for asking her to retrieve some personal effects from the office.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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Also a defensive whiz, Reinhart has finished in the top four of voting for the Selke Trophy, given annually to the NHL’s top defensive forward, each of the past two years.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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