magic

1. 1.

   possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

   “charming incantations”

   “magic signs that protect against adverse influence”

   “a magical spell”

   “'tis now the very witching time of night”

   “wizard wands”

   “wizardly powers”

   Synonymscharmingmagicalsorcerouswitchingwizardwizardly

   Similarsupernatural

Other forms of magic

plural

magics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about magic

What does magic mean?

magic means "any art that invokes supernatural powers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in magic?

magic has 2 syllables: mag-ic. The stress falls on "mag". In IPA it is /ˈmædʒɪk/.

What is another word for magic?

Close synonyms include thaumaturgy, magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, legerdemain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is magic a common word?

magic is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.