ILLUSIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does illusionist mean? 

• ILLUSIONIST (noun)
  The noun ILLUSIONIST has 2 senses:

1. a person with unusual powers of foresight

2. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

  Familiarity information: ILLUSIONIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILLUSIONIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with unusual powers of foresight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

illusionist; seer; visionary

Hypernyms ("illusionist" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illusionist"):

anticipant; anticipator (one who anticipates)

diviner (someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers)

fantast; futurist (someone who predicts the future)

forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conjurer; conjuror; illusionist; magician; prestidigitator

Hypernyms ("illusionist" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illusionist"):

escape expert; escapologist (an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping)

mind reader; telepathist; thought-reader (a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice))

Derivation:

illusion (an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers)