✨ Supernatural power ✨ Having special power ✨ To make appear

magic

599 5.5

Having power to make impossible things happen, as in stories

adjective
/ˈmædʒɪk/

Literature

: mágico

The magician performed a truly magic trick that left everyone in awe.
magic powers
a magic wand

And in this world there are non magic people and magic people.

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Examples

It's magic time.

Spaceballs (1987)
On the third day, he returned and sang his magic song for three more days.

Fiction book (1996)
Yeah, it's a bit more like using magic words, I think.
I have my magic ways.

Hope Floats (1998)
You know, I was wondering, if you had a magic word, what word would it be?

Keeping Mum (2005)
Then I said a few magic words and pulled the pocket handkerchief off the glass of water.

Fiction book (1993)
"The jungle is a magic place," Renato said, "like a temple."

Fiction book (1998)
It has magic powers.

Jack Frost (1998)
In the story, the magic ring granted the wearer the ability to fly.
The children's eyes sparkled with delight as they watched the magic show.

Synonyms

magical

vsmagic

217 3.8

Having powers that people say come from witches or wizards

is the general label for possessing or using supernatural power

mystical

vsmagic

98 7.1

Having a spiritual quality that feels beyond normal understanding

focuses on concrete supernatural powers in stories rather than vague spiritual mystery

enchanted

vsmagic

43 5.6

Under a magic spell or having a very pleasant, magical feeling

describes inherent supernatural possession or use rather than being affected

witching

vsmagic

Archaic

7 8.8

Having strange magic that seems to affect people or places

is the general supernatural adjective not specific to folk practice

sorcerous

vsmagic

Literature

1 9.9

Having magic powers like those in stories

is broader and not tied to a specific supernatural practitioner

wizardly

vsmagic

1 9.4

Having magical powers like a wizard

is the general idea of supernatural power rather than expert skill

charming

vsmagic

1 8.2

Having magic power to change people or things

is broader referring to supernatural quality rather than pleasing effect

Antonyms

natural

∞ 1.0

Not made or changed by people, coming from nature like sunlight

mundane

80 4.3

Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring

Idioms

to wave a magic wand

Informal

5 5.8

Make something happen quickly and without effort

to feel like magic

1 6.0

To feel very surprising and wonderful, like something impossible happened

to work one's magic

Informal

6.1

To make something much better using skill and new ideas

Compounds

magic trick

44 2.7

A performance that looks impossible and surprises people

black magic

37 7.7

Magic used to harm people or to help the person who uses it

magic wand

33 4.2

A thin stick thought to have magic powers or a simple solution to a hard problem

magic spell

18 5.2

Words people say or write to make magic happen

Magic Marker

14 3.2

A thick felt-tip pen used for writing or drawing on many surfaces

magic bullet

11 6.8

A simple fix people hope can solve a difficult problem quickly

magic moment

11 4.3

A special time you remember that makes you feel very happy

magic lantern

Archaic

2 8.7

An early projector that uses glass slides and a lamp to show images on a wall

magic underwear

Slang

2 9.9

Clothes worn under other clothes that people believe bring luck or protection

white magic

2 5.1

Magic used to help or heal people

magic realism

Literature

1 7.3

A style of writing or art that shows ordinary life with small magical events

magic asterisk

Specialized

1 6.0

A star symbol used in searches and commands to stand for many letters or words

magic square

Specialized

1 7.2

A square grid of numbers whose rows, columns, and main diagonals add to the same total

magic bullet

1 5.5

A treatment like a drug that cures or prevents a disease quickly and effectively

magic of youth

1 5.5

A special feeling of wonder and energy in young people

magic number

Specialized

1 9.2

A number of protons or neutrons that makes a nucleus especially stable

magic eye

Archaic

1 9.4

A small glowing tube that shows signal strength on old radios

meme magic

Slang

1 8.1

A belief that funny pictures or videos shared online that spread quickly can change what people think and do

magic smoke

Jargon

9.9

A funny name for the smoke that comes from an electronic part when it breaks

How Magical

otherworldly

Literature

30 7.8

enchanted

43 5.6

magic

Literature

599 5.5

mysterious

491 5.1

natural

426 1.0

Surface Forms

magic positive

Etymology

Magic as an adjective comes from the same root connected to the Magi and the word magician, people believed to have 'special' powers, so calling a place or object 'magic' means it seems to have or show those powers, often in stories or fairy tales.