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wizard
[ wiz-erd ]
noun
- a person who practices magic; magician or sorcerer.
Synonyms: necromancer, diviner, thaumaturge, enchanter
- a conjurer or juggler.
- Also whiz, wiz []. a person of amazing skill or accomplishment:
a wizard at chemistry.
- Computers. a software feature that guides users through complex procedures with step-by-step instructions, often presented in dialog boxes.
wizard
/ ˈwɪzəd /
noun
- a male witch or a man who practises or professes to practise magic or sorcery
- a person who is outstandingly clever in some specified field; expert
- obsolete.a wise man
- computing a computer program that guides a user through a complex task
adjective
- informal.superb; outstanding
- of or relating to a wizard or wizardry
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Derived Forms
- ˈwizardly, adjective
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Other Words From
- wizard·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wizard1
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Example Sentences
“The Wizard of Watts is not just about police brutality,” he says.
Author J.K. Rowling says all religions are present at her beloved wizard school—except Wiccans.
Replying to a fan, she wrote, “Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.”
To simply stay in the Wizard Chambers for a night with breakfast will run you $336 for two.
Our bad guy is Weather Wizard (not a joke), who not only looks like Kurt Cobain but can use his palms to conjure angry storms.
There he was found by old Makitok, and for some time the giant and the wizard held converse together.
Buchanan the historian was, from his learning, thought in his days of superstition to be a wizard.
But the Wizard of the North touched Scotia's rough hills with the rosy hues of his romance.
Mute, crushed by the genius of this wizard, he was forced to believe in impossible things by his doing them.
They still live in the Emerald City, and the Wizard takes good care of them and teaches them to do all sorts of tricks.
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