magician

A person who entertains people with tricks that seem impossible.

• The magician pulled out a rabbit.
• We hired a magician for the birthday party.
• How do magicians make cards disappear?

Similar words: illusionist, conjurer

Common phrases: stage magician, professional magician, magician's trick, street magician

A person believed to have special powers that can make impossible things happen.

• The magician cast a spell.
• An ancient magician guarded the hidden castle.
• The villagers believed that magicians could control the weather.

Similar words: wizard, sorcerer

Common phrases: powerful magician, evil magician, magician's spell

Someone whose great skill makes what they do seem almost impossible.

• Our chef is a magician.
• He is a magician with a football.
• That mechanic is a real magician; my old car runs perfectly.

How to use it: a magician with something (She is a magician with a sewing machine.)

Similar words: wizard, genius, expert

Common phrases: magician with something, magician in the kitchen, real magician

A person whose character or actions are difficult to understand.

• Nobody understood that silent magician.
• He remained a magician to us, his motives impossible to read.
• The stranger was a magician whose secrets nobody could explain.

Similar words: enigma, mystery

Common phrases: mysterious magician, elusive magician, silent magician