wizard

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: wiz=ard

CIDE DICTIONARY

wizard, n. [Probably from wise + -ard.].

•  A wise man; a sage.  [1913 Webster]

  "See how from far upon the eastern road
  The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odors sweet!"  [1913 Webster]
•  One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter.  [1913 Webster]

  "The wily wizard must be caught."  [1913 Webster]

wizard, a. 

•  Enchanting; charming.  Collins.  [1913 Webster]
•  Haunted by wizards.  [1913 Webster]

  "Where Deva spreads her wizard stream."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wizard, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a sorcerer; a magician.
2 a person of remarkable powers, a genius.
3 a conjuror.
--adj. sl. esp. Brit. wonderful, excellent.

Derivative

wizardly adj. wizardry n.

Etymology

ME f. WISE(1) + -ARD

THESAURUS

wizard

Comus, Faust, OK, ace, ace-high, artist, authority, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, conjurer, cool, corking, crackerjack, dandy, delicious, diabolist, diviner, dowser, ducky, enchanter, fab, fine and dandy, first-rater, gear, genius, good hand, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up, just dandy, keen, mage, magician, magus, mahatma, man of genius, marvy, master, master hand, mastermind, mean, miracle-worker, neat, necromancer, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, past master, peachy, peachy-keen, practiced hand, prodigy, professional, proficient, ripping, rum, sage, scrumptious, skilled hand, slap-up, smashing, solid, something else, sorcerer, spiffing, spiffy, star, stunning, superstar, swell, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, topnotcher, tough, virtuoso, warlock, water witch, whiz

ROGET THESAURUS

wizard

Proficient

N proficient, expert, adept, dab, dabster, crackerjack, connoisseur, master, master hand, prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer, protagonist, past master, mahatma, picked man, medallist, prizeman, veteran, old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand, man of business, man of the world, nice hand, good hand, clean hand, practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand, marksman, good shot, dead shot, crack shot, ropedancer, funambulist, acrobat, cunning man, conjuror, wizard, genius, mastermind, master head, master spirit, cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow, jobber, cracksman, politician, tactician, strategist, pantologist, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades, prodigy of learning.

Sorcerer

N sorcerer, magician, thaumaturgist, theurgist, conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch, hoodoo, voodoo, fairy, lamia, hag, warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage, cunning man, medicine man, Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica, medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller, mesmerist, deus ex machina, soothsayer, Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian, Circe, siren, weird sisters.

Sage

N sage, wise man, genius, master mind, master spirit of the age, longhead, thinker, intellectual, longhair, authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel, man of learning, expert, wizard, wiseacre, bigwig, know-it-all, poor man's Einstein, venerable, reverenced, emeritus, barba tenus sapientes.