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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Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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This wizard doesn’t even use a curtain.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sliced bread, the wheel, the wrap dress—some genius was responsible for all of them.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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This genius quiche method trades the rolling and fluting pie dough fuss for a simple pat-in-the-pan crust.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
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The big one was Ben Johnson, the offensive whiz who unlocked Jared Goff and company, taking the Bears job in the NFC North.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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To cap it off, penalty-killing whiz Brendan McMorrow suffered a broken finger while blocking a shot against Finland and didn’t play the last half of the game.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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