Synonyms of wizard

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adjective

chiefly British

as in excellent

of the very best kind

a young Brit who's a wizard tennis player, although not ready for Wimbledon just yet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excellent
• wonderful
• awesome
• lovely
• terrific
• beautiful
• great
• fabulous
• superb
• fantastic
• stellar
• fine
• marvellous
• marvelous
• prime
• classic
• hot
• famous
• divine
• slick
• top
• boss
• cool
• neat
• brave
• banner
• heavenly
• dandy
• quality
• nifty
• grand
• superior
• cracking
• groovy
• noble
• first-class
• topflight
• bully
• crackerjack
• par excellence
• too much
• choice
• splendid
• first-rate
• high-class
• sensational
• out of this world
• top-notch
• sterling
• prize
• exceptional
• superlative
• righteous
• topping
• dynamite
• capital
• number one
• good
• mean
• frontline
• top-shelf
• supernal
• blue-ribbon
• dope
• first-string
• unsurpassed
• keen
• gone
• swell
• fab
• down
• immense
• blue-chip
• No. 1
• peachy
• out-of-sight
• corking
• primo
• radical
• numero uno
• bonnie
• top-of-the-line
• decent
• bumper
• A1
• fantabulous
• special
• better
• bonny
• phat
• peachy keen
• gangbuster
• jim-dandy
• okay
• hype
• gilt-edge
• select
• prizewinning
• classical
• adequate
• boffo
• tip-top
• gangbusters
• traditional
• brag
• bang-up
• all right
• fancy
• five-star
• acceptable
• A-OK
• OK
• satisfactory
• four-star
• gilt-edged
• passable
• standard
• premium
• high-grade
• tolerable
• high-test
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• terrible
• vile
• wretched
• awful
• pathetic
• lousy
• rotten
• atrocious
• bad
• inferior
• unsatisfactory
• substandard
• execrable
• low-grade
• mediocre
• middling
• second-class
• second-rate

wizard

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noun

ˈwi-zərd 

1

as in sorcerer

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 & Similar Words

• sorcerer
• mage
• magician
• witch
• warlock
• conjuror
• necromancer
• magus
• enchanter
• conjurer
• voodoo
• charmer
• shaman
• Magian
• sorceress
• voodooist
• hag
• prophet
• occultist
• enchantress
• diviner
• seer
• hex
• witch doctor
• medicine man
• soothsayer
• thaumaturge
• fortune-teller
• theurgist
• thaumaturgist
• prognosticator
• exorcist
• wonder-worker
• shamanist
• foreseer
• crystal gazer
• prophesier
• exorciser
• medium

2

as in master

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field

a wizard at fixing cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• master
• expert
• scholar
• adept
• virtuoso
• guru
• artist
• maestro
• specialist
• authority
• proficient
• geek
• ace
• consultant
• whiz
• maven
• fiend
• past master
• meister
• hotshot
• professional
• connoisseur
• dab hand
• crackerjack
• shark
• hand
• enthusiast
• mavin
• craftsman
• sharp
• crackajack
• pro
• cognoscente
• fan
• dab
• buff
• journeyman
• addict
• devotee
• aficionado
• hired gun
• mistress
• Renaissance man
• afficionado
• jack-of-all-trades
• all-rounder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• apprentice
• novice
• beginner
• neophyte
• layman
• nonexpert
• inexpert
• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonprofessional

3

as in genius

a very smart person

a wizard who never studied for tests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• genius
• wiz
• nerd
• whiz
• brain
• intellect
• geek
• thinker
• brainiac
• master
• virtuoso
• sage
• blue
• intellectual
• savant
• polymath
• Renaissance man
• bluestocking
• highbrow
• natural
• polyhistor
• longhair
• ace
• crackerjack
• crackajack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idiot
• dummy
• moron
• dunce
• dolt
• imbecile
• blockhead
• goon
• know-nothing
• dope
• numbskull
• pinhead
• illiterate
• knucklehead
• dumbbell
• ignoramus
• numskull
• hammerhead
• fathead
• dodo
• nitwit
• ass
• fool
• half-wit
• lowbrow
• philistine
• donkey
• snake
• beast
• jackass
• creep
• clown
• jerk
• cad
• skunk
• heel
• lout
• cur
• boor
• louse
• cretin
• churl
• stinker
• anti-intellectual

Examples of wizard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Noun

There were blue wizards who were around in the North during the Second Age who went to the East. —James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024

On a quest to break the curse, the elderly Sophie takes refuge in a moving castle owned by a charismatic wizard named Howl. —Michaela Zee, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024