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wizard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wizard

1 a person skilled in using supernatural forces
  • The old wizard who introduces the young naïf to a life of adventure is one of the most overworked tropes in fantasy literature.
Synonyms of wizard

conjurer (or conjuror), enchanter, magician, necromancer, sorcerer, witch
Words Related to wizard

enchantress, hag, hex, sorceress

warlock

occultist

medicine man, shaman, shamanist, witch doctor

crystal gazer, diviner, foreseer, fortune-teller, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer

medium

exorciser, exorcist
2 a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
  • a wizard at fixing cars
Synonyms of wizard

ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, maven (also mavin), past master, scholar, shark, virtuoso, whiz
Words Related to wizard

pro, professional

consultant, hired gun, specialist

addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan

craftsman, journeyman

jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man

mistress
Near Antonyms of wizard

apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice

dabbler, dilettante

layman, nonprofessional
Antonyms of wizard

amateur, inexpert, nonexpert
3 a very smart person
  • a wizard who never studied for tests
Synonyms of wizard

brain, brainiac, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wiz
Words Related to wizard

polymath, Renaissance man

blue, bluestocking, highbrow, intellectual

sage, savant

egghead, geek, longhair, nerd

master, virtuoso
Near Antonyms of wizard

ignoramus, illiterate, know-nothing, lowbrow

anti-intellectual, philistine

ass, donkey, fool, jackass

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinker
Antonyms of wizard

blockhead, dodo, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, idiot, imbecile, knucklehead, moron, nitwit, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead

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