illusionist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: il=lu=sion=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

illusionist, n. 

•  One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.  [1913 Webster]
•  A magician or conjurer who produces illusions by sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

illusionist, n. a person who produces illusions; a conjuror.

Derivative

illusionism n. illusionistic adj.

THESAURUS

illusionist

Merlin, Prospero, airiness, appearance, conjurer, delusiveness, escamoteur, fallaciousness, false appearance, false light, false show, falseness, idealization, illusionism, illusiveness, immateriality, juggler, mage, magian, magic, magic act, magic show, magician, magus, prestidigitation, prestidigitator, seeming, semblance, show, simulacrum, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand performer, sorcerer, sorcery, specious appearance, tricker, trickster, unactuality, unreality, unsubstantiality