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From Middle English wys ‎(wise) +‎ -ard.


wizard ‎(plural wizards)

  1. One who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
    • Dryden
      The wily wizard must be caught.
  2. One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
  3. (computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
  4. (Internet) One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
    • 1997, Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community (page 153)
    • 1997, Sara Kiesler, Culture of the Internet (page 132)
  5. (obsolete) A wise man; a sage.
    • Milton
      See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!


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wizard ‎(not comparable)

  1. (slang, dated, Britain) Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).
    • 1942, Quentin James Reynolds, Only the Stars are Neutral
      "We had a wizard show," the young leader of an Australian squadron said, trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.
    • 1943, Howard Macy Coffin, Walter Leslie River, Malta Story
      But he was a wizard flyer, that boy.


wizard ‎(third-person singular simple present wizards, present participle wizarding, simple past and past participle wizarded)

  1. (intransitive) To practice wizardry.
  2. (transitive) To conjure.