miracle worker
Achiever of impossibilities
A miracle worker is someone who accomplishes seemingly impossible feats.
The term originally described religious figures who performed divine miracles, but now applies to anyone who achieves extraordinary results against the odds: The new coach is a miracle worker—they went from last place to champions.
Often used with gentle irony when expectations are unrealistic: I'm good, but I'm no miracle worker.
One who cures through prayer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- medicine manTraditional indigenous healer
- laying on handsHealing through physical contact
Lourdes · healing touch · recovery · remission · therapeutic · holistic healer · restoration
Gifted youth with rare talent
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- whizInformal term for expert
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
savant · phenom · wunderkind · ace · hotshot · maven · gifted · brilliant
Performer of miracles
- saintCanonized holy person
- divine interventionGodly action in affairs
- signs and wondersMiraculous displays of power
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
relic · blessing · oracle · mystic · sacred · heavenly · prophetic
One who saves others
- delivererOne who brings goods
- liberatorOne who frees others
- redeemerOne who saves another
- heroOne admired for courage
guardian angel · protector · champion · lifesaver · benefactor · saint · emancipator · white knight
Driver of organizational transformation
- fixerOne who resolves issues
- problem solverOne who resolves difficulties
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
game changer · catalyst · revitalizer · troubleshooter · crisis manager · rebuilder
Person others emulate
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- beaconGuiding light source
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
empowering · motivational · selfless · dedicated · passionate · trailblazer · advocate · changemaker
faith healer
One who cures through prayer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- medicine manTraditional indigenous healer
laying on hands · Lourdes · healing touch · recovery · remission · therapeutic · holistic healer · restoration
prodigy
Gifted youth with rare talent
mastermind · savant · phenom · wunderkind · ace · hotshot · maven · gifted · brilliant · natural
thaumaturge
Performer of miracles
- saintCanonized holy person
- divine interventionGodly action in affairs
- signs and wondersMiraculous displays of power
apparition · relic · blessing · oracle · mystic · sacred · heavenly · prophetic
rescuer
One who saves others
hero · guardian angel · protector · champion · lifesaver · benefactor · saint · emancipator · white knight · salvation
change agent
Driver of organizational transformation
- fixerOne who resolves issues
- problem solverOne who resolves difficulties
- innovatorCreator of new methods
reformer · game changer · catalyst · revitalizer · troubleshooter · crisis manager · rebuilder
role model
Person others emulate
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- beaconGuiding light source
uplifting · empowering · motivational · selfless · dedicated · passionate · trailblazer · advocate · changemaker · humanitarian
- faith healingfaith healing, faith healers, faith healer, divine healing, healing prayer
- swindlerscon artist, swindler, fraudster, scammer, grifter
- Holy Figuressaint, prophet, messiah, savior, apostle
- SinterklaasSinterklaas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Netherlands, steamboat
- Saviorssavior, messiah, redeemer, deliverer, liberator
- ChristologyChristology, Jesus, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Christ
miracle workerbungler
Inept person
incompetent · failure · screw-up · bumbler · hack
miracle workerdisaster
Sudden ruinous event
wrecker · saboteur · dead weight · liability · hindrance
miracle workermediocrity
Quality of being average
plodder · journeyman · mere mortal · specialist · helper
work, worker, working, works, miracle, worked, workshop, workable, workforce