[syn: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
thaumaturgy \thau"ma*tur`gy\ (th[add]`m[.a]*t[^u]r"j[y^]), n.
[Gr. qaymatourgi`a.]
The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic;
legerdemain. --T. Warton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thaumaturgy
n 1: any art that invokes supernatural powers [syn: magic,
thaumaturgy]
2: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn:
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic,
legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion,
deception]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "thaumaturgy":
alchemy, bewitchery, bewitchment, charm, divination, enchantment,
fetishism, glamour, gramarye, hoodoo, incantation, juju, jujuism,
magic, natural magic, necromancy, obeah, rune, shamanism, sorcery,
sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sympathetic magic,
thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, theurgy, vampirism,
voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic, witchcraft, witchery,
witchwork, wizardry