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say it: WIZ-urd
wizard is a noun and adjective meaning "someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field". It is pronounced /ˈwɪzɚd/ — WIZ-urd. It carries 3 recorded senses.
one who practices magic or sorcery
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”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wizard come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.