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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Don’t look too closely behind the curtain because the wizard isn’t a wizard at all.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Its lead character is Harry Dresden, a professional wizard operating out of the city of Chicago in a world where ghouls, ghosts, werewolves and vampires exist in the shadows of modern society.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Michael Malone, during his Nuggets days, was a genius at creating enemies, of underlining slights that may or may not have ever been real.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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There’s even a Radiohead art-rock mantra that seems to come directly from Kelson’s mad-genius mind.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Harry adapts, relying on Ben’s Gen-Z relative (Victoria Moroles), a computer whiz who handles the digital transactions Harry would never be able to —or want to — master.—
Beandrea July,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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The lodge was subsequently remodeled and expanded by Scots-baronial whiz-kid Robert Lorimer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiz. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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