wonder-worker
One performing impossibilities
A wonder-worker is someone who performs miracles or extraordinary feats.
The term often appears in religious contexts for saints or prophets credited with supernatural acts, but extends to anyone who achieves seemingly impossible results: The new coach proved to be a wonder-worker, turning the team around in one season.
Wonder-working is the adjective form.
Canonized holy person
- healerOne who restores health
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- mysticSeeker of sacred truth
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
faith healer · sadhu · marabout · blessed · thaumaturge · intercessor · shrine · pilgrimage
Performer of illusions
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- enchanterOne who uses magic
- conjurerPerformer of magic tricks
spellcaster · witch · warlock · necromancer · illusionist · mage · occultist · alchemist
Gifted youth with rare talent
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
innovator · trailblazer · groundbreaker · phenomenon · whiz · savant · overachiever · game-changer
Performer of visual deception
- stage magicianEntertainer performing illusions onstage
- escape artistPerformer who defeats restraints
- HoudiniFamous escape artist
- prestidigitatorPractitioner of legerdemain
mentalist · sleight of hand · magic show · trick · spectacle · audience · levitation · disappearing act
saint
Canonized holy person
shaman · faith healer · sadhu · marabout · blessed · thaumaturge · intercessor · shrine · pilgrimage · devotee
magician
Performer of illusions
conjurer · spellcaster · witch · warlock · necromancer · illusionist · mage · occultist · alchemist · druid
prodigy
Gifted youth with rare talent
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
visionary · innovator · trailblazer · groundbreaker · phenomenon · whiz · savant · overachiever · game-changer · transformer
illusionist
Performer of visual deception
- stage magicianEntertainer performing illusions onstage
- escape artistPerformer who defeats restraints
- HoudiniFamous escape artist
prestidigitator · mentalist · sleight of hand · magic show · trick · spectacle · audience · levitation · disappearing act · sawing in half
- miracle workersthaumaturge, faith healer, divine healer, saint, holy man
- magic userswizard, sorcerer, mage, witch, enchanter
- tzaddikimholy man, rebbe, spiritual master, Baal Shem Tov
wonder-workerlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
skeptic · rationalist · materialist · mere mortal · mortal
wonder-workernonentity
Unimportant person or thing
average Joe · mediocrity · plain Jane · nobody · nobody special
wonder-workerdestroyer
One that ruins completely
malefactor · jinx · doom-bringer · evil sorcerer · black magician
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