Synonyms for illusionist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-loo-zhuh-nist
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu ʒə nɪst

Top 10 synonyms for illusionist Other synonyms for the word illusionist

Définition of illusionist

Origin :
  • "conjurer, magic act performer," 1840, from illusion + -ist. Earlier "one suffering from illusions" (1812).
  • As in magician : noun person who performs supernatural
Example sentences :
  • He may be an illusionist pure and simple and does not indulge in sleight-of-hand at all.
  • Extract from : « Indian Conjuring » by L. H. Branson
  • The imitative or "illusionist" picture pleads its case most plausibly.
  • Extract from : « The Enjoyment of Art » by Carleton Noyes
  • That my Brahmin guide was a hypnotist and an illusionist, I have since thought.
  • Extract from : « Fire-Tongue » by Sax Rohmer
  • The man of sense is the visionary or illusionist, fancying things as permanencies, and thoughts as fleeting phantoms.
  • Extract from : « Tablets » by Amos Bronson Alcott
  • Archæological accuracy is merely a condition of illusionist stage effect; it is not its quality.
  • Extract from : « Intentions » by Oscar Wilde
  • And Fate, who is something of an illusionist herself, plays into the hands of such as he.
  • Extract from : « Captain Macedoine's Daughter » by William McFee
  • It is not easy to avoid extravagance in speaking of one who was in all things an illusionist.
  • Extract from : « William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) » by Elizabeth A. Sharp
  • There was nothing in the illusionist's general manner that could be construed into aberration of intellect.
  • Extract from : « George Cruikshank's Omnibus » by George Cruikshank

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