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Definitions for Magic

[1] the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
[2] the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or the forces of nature. Compare contagious magic, imitative magic, sympathetic magic.
[3] the use of this art: Magic, it was believed, could drive illness from the body.
[4] the effects produced: the magic of recovery.
[5] power or influence exerted through this art: a wizard of great magic.
[6] any extraordinary or mystical influence, charm, power, etc.: the magic in a great name; the magic of music; the magic of spring.
[7] (initial capital letter ) the U.S. code name for information from decrypting machine-enciphered Japanese wireless messages before and during World War II.
[8] employed in magic: magic spells; magic dances; magic rites.
[9] mysteriously enchanting; magical: magic beauty.
[10] of, relating to, or due to magic.
[11] producing the effects of magic; magical: a magic touch.
[12] to create, transform, move, etc., by or as if by magic: I magicked him into a medieval knight.
[13] the art that, by use of spells, supposedly invokes supernatural powers to influence events; sorcery
[14] the practice of this art
[15] the practice of illusory tricks to entertain other people; conjuring
[16] any mysterious or extraordinary quality or power the magic of springtime
[17] like magic very quickly
[18] of or relating to magic a magic spell
[19] possessing or considered to possess mysterious powers a magic wand
[20] unaccountably enchanting magic beauty
[21] informal wonderful; marvellous; exciting
[22] to transform or produce by or as if by magic
[23] (foll by away) to cause to disappear by or as if by magic

Words related to Magic

fascination, illusion, wizardry, necromancy, foreboding, augury, prediction, incantation, divination, astrology, trickery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, alchemy, allurement, presage, soothsaying, power, enchantment, spell

Words nearby Magic

maghemite, magherafelt, maghreb, maghrebi, magi, magic, magic bullet, magic carpet, magic circle, magic eye, magic flute, the

Origin of Magic

1350–1400; Middle English magik(e ) witchcraft < Late Latin magica, Latin magicē < Greek magikḗ, noun use of feminine of magikós. See Magus, -ic

Other words from Magic

qua·si-mag·ic , adjective

Word origin for Magic

C14: via Old French magique, from Greek magikē witchcraft, from magos magus

Synonyms for Magic

fascination, illusion, wizardry, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, foreboding, horoscopy, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, soothsaying, sorcery, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, black art, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra, sleight of hand, sortilege