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
Iza was a computer wiz who’d made millions off crypto.
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Rensch’s parents were pulled into the group, where the young chess wiz spent his childhood running around barefoot in a remote forest village.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell has built an entire rustic cabin farmhouse set design, complete with hidden secret reveals for the audience.
—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
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Rensch’s parents were pulled into the group, where the young chess wiz spent his childhood running around barefoot in a remote forest village.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Creative wiz Michael Lasswell has built an entire rustic cabin farmhouse set design, complete with hidden secret reveals for the audience.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiz
Noun
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Radcliffe played the titular wizard Harry Potter in the beloved franchise, while Felton portrayed Potter's nemesis Draco Malfoy.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The wizard responsible for this remarkable bit of time travel is production designer Alex DiGerlando, who happens to have some first-hand memories of the period from attending NYU during in the 1990s.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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To maximize carry-on space, take a look at this genius, stuffable travel pillow that can hold up to an extra three days’ worth of clothes (without checking a bag).—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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The young musical genius requested four notes from the audience and spent just a minute crafting an intricate fugue on the spot using those four notes as a theme.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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This Milwaukee Brewers outfield prospect is a defensive whiz who has his eyes set on reaching the big leagues.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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The Ghostface killers behind the plot to convince Sidney that Stu is alive are revealed to be Marco — a tech-whiz Google employee before getting his job at the hospital — and Sidney’s friend and neighbor, Jessica (Anna Camp).—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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