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
Miller was a vfx wiz who made his directorial debut with Deadpool, the Ryan Reynolds-starring anti-superhero movie that became a record-breaking box office sensation and launched a franchise.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Iza was a computer wiz who’d made millions off crypto.
—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
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Iza was a computer wiz who’d made millions off crypto.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiz
Noun
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Every version of Merlin the wizard, spanning an expansive gender spectrum.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Even the most complimentary appraisals of Raphael, which celebrate his multimodal genius—painter, draftsman, architect, poet, surveyor of antiquities—also mention his exquisite social tact and career climbing.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The power of Kenny Rogers, and Larry Butler — a genius producer.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
19 Apr. 2026
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Jones is a math whiz, also participating in competition with the STEM team.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Torii Hunter, a defensive whiz who now works as an Angels special assistant and who happened to be in the dugout, was succinct in his praise for the performance.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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