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Meaning of ILLUSIONIST

Pronunciation:  i'loozhunist

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
  2. [n]  a person with unusual powers of foresight
 
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 Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator, seer, visionary
 
 See Also: anticipant, anticipator, dreamer, escape expert, escapologist, fantast, forecaster, futurist, idealist, intellect, intellectual, mind reader, performer, performing artist, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer, telepathist, thought-reader

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Il*lu"sion*ist\, n.
One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, Merlin, prestidigitation, prestidigitator, Prospero, seeming, semblance, show, simulacrum, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand performer, sorcerer, sorcery, specious appearance, tricker, trickster, unactuality, unreality, unsubstantiality
 

 

 

 

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