Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.
synonyms: conjurer, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator.
Roget 548:
deceiver
etc.
(deceive)
etc.
545;
dissembler,
hypocrite;
sophist,
Pharisee,
Jesuit,
Mawworm†,
Pecksniff,
Joseph Surface,
Tartufe†,
Janus;
serpent,
snake in the grass,
cockatrice,
Judas,
wolf in sheep's clothing;
jilt;
shuffler†,
stool pigeon.
liar
etc.
(lie)
etc.
544;
story-teller,
perjurer,
false witness,
menteur a triple etage [Fr.],
Scapin†;
bunko steerer [U.S.],
carpetbagger [U.S.],
capper [U.S.],
faker,
fraud,
four flusher [Slang],
horse coper†,
ringer [Slang],
spieler†,
straw bidder [U.S.].
imposter,
pretender,
soi-disant [Fr.],
humbug;
adventurer;
Cagliostro,
Fernam Mendez Pinto;
ass in lion's skin
etc.
(bungler)
701;
actor
etc.
(stage player)
599.
quack,
charlatan,
mountebank,
saltimbanco†,
saltimbanque†,
empiric,
quacksalver,
medicaster†,
Rosicrucian,
gypsy;
man of straw.
conjuror,
juggler,
trickster,
prestidigitator,
jockey;
crimp,
decoy,
decoy duck;
rogue,
knave,
cheat;
swindler
etc.
(thief)
792;
jobber.
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Roget 700:
proficient,
expert,
adept,
dab;
dabster†,
crackerjack;
connoisseur
etc.
(scholar)
492;
master,
master hand;
prima donna [Sp.],
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
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
wizard
etc.
994.
genius;
mastermind,
master head,
master spirit.
cunning blade,
sharp blade,
sharp fellow;
jobber;
cracksman
etc.
(thief)
792†;
politician,
tactician,
strategist.
pantologist†,
admirable Crichton,
Jack of all trades;
prodigy of learning.
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Roget 994:
sorcerer,
magician;
thaumaturgist†,
theurgist;
conjuror,
necromancer,
seer,
wizard,
witch;
hoodoo,
voodoo;
fairy
etc.
980;
lamia†,
hag.
warlock,
charmer,
exorcist,
mage†;
cunning man,
medicine man;
Shaman,
figure flinger,
ecstatica†;
medium,
clairvoyant,
fortune teller;
mesmerist;
deus ex machina [Lat.];
soothsayer
etc.
513.
Katerfelto,
Cagliostro,
Mesmer,
Rosicrucian;
Circe,
siren,
weird sisters.
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Dutch: magiër, goochelaar, illusionist
Polish: iluzjonista, magik, prestidigitator, sztukmistrz