Alchemist
noun
A person who transforms or creates things in a mysterious or impressive way.
The chef is like an alchemist in the kitchen, creating delicious meals from ordinary ingredients.
Often appears as...
- alchemist at work
- seek the alchemist
noun
A person who practices alchemy, an ancient branch of natural philosophy.
In the past, alchemists tried to find a universal elixir and a way to change common metals into gold.
Often appears as...
- medieval alchemist
- alchemist's experiments
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Academic, Historical
noun
A person who transforms or creates things in a mysterious or impressive way.
The chef is like an alchemist in the kitchen, creating delicious meals from ordinary ingredients.
Often appears as...
- alchemist at work
- seek the alchemist
noun
A person who practices alchemy, an ancient branch of natural philosophy.
In the past, alchemists tried to find a universal elixir and a way to change common metals into gold.
Often appears as...
- medieval alchemist
- alchemist's experiments
Usage tips
Academic, Historical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Creative Mastery
Used to describe someone with exceptional creative skills, like in arts or cooking.
The way he mixes flavors, that bartender is a true alchemist.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
The word 'alchemist' is often used metaphorically to suggest transformation.
A skilled teacher is an alchemist, turning curiosity into knowledge.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Magic
Not involving real magic, but showcasing skill that seems magical.
Some programmers are like alchemists, making complex code look easy.
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The deadly irony of...
The flame then makes its way through the firework's encasing and the same reaction occurs high above our heads. So, while the Chinese alchemists never found the compound for eternal life, they did find something that would go on to shape all of civilization, something that has caused many tragic moments in human history,
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Solving the puzzle of...
Like many other alchemists of his time, Brand was trying to extract gold from the human body. Brand hit upon what he thought was the most obvious answer to his urine. Urine is gold in coloration and could perhaps have gold in it. So, Brand collected as much urine as he possibly could,
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The incredible history...
to securing his historical legacy because he was obsessed with his mortality. He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign,
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The 4 stories we tell...
has had some myth or legend of an elixir of life or a fountain of youth or something that promises to keep us going forever. Ancient Egypt had such myths, ancient Babylon, ancient India. Throughout European history, we find them in the work of the alchemists,
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Meet the microscopic...
I know it's hard to believe that anything that's so small or only has one cell can do anything powerful, but they can. These creatures are microscopic alchemists, with the ability to transform their environment
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Underground LSD Lab PIPE...
drugs today if he hadn't gotten caught thank you I felt the work I was doing was so important for humanity that I was willing to take the risks of being The Alchemist hiding away in his laboratory
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When we design for...
This moves us from the mindset of trying to change the hearts and the deficiency mindset of tolerance, to becoming an alchemist, the type of magician that this world so desperately needs
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Navi Radjou: Creative...
Jugaad solutions are not sophisticated or perfect, but they create more value at lower cost. For me, the entrepreneurs who will create Jugaad solutions are like alchemists.
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David Deutsch: A new way...
gamma rays, transmutation. That ancient dream that had always eluded the alchemists was achieved through these same theories
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Where does gold come...
In medieval times, alchemists tried to achieve the seemingly impossible.
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The deadly irony of...
The flame then makes its way through the firework's encasing and the same reaction occurs high above our heads. So, while the Chinese alchemists never found the compound for eternal life, they did find something that would go on to shape all of civilization, something that has caused many tragic moments in human history,
Video examples
Solving the puzzle of...
Like many other alchemists of his time, Brand was trying to extract gold from the human body. Brand hit upon what he thought was the most obvious answer to his urine. Urine is gold in coloration and could perhaps have gold in it. So, Brand collected as much urine as he possibly could,
Video examples
The incredible history...
to securing his historical legacy because he was obsessed with his mortality. He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign,
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
has had some myth or legend of an elixir of life or a fountain of youth or something that promises to keep us going forever. Ancient Egypt had such myths, ancient Babylon, ancient India. Throughout European history, we find them in the work of the alchemists,
Video examples
Meet the microscopic...
I know it's hard to believe that anything that's so small or only has one cell can do anything powerful, but they can. These creatures are microscopic alchemists, with the ability to transform their environment
Video examples
Underground LSD Lab PIPE...
drugs today if he hadn't gotten caught thank you I felt the work I was doing was so important for humanity that I was willing to take the risks of being The Alchemist hiding away in his laboratory
Video examples
When we design for...
This moves us from the mindset of trying to change the hearts and the deficiency mindset of tolerance, to becoming an alchemist, the type of magician that this world so desperately needs
Video examples
Navi Radjou: Creative...
Jugaad solutions are not sophisticated or perfect, but they create more value at lower cost. For me, the entrepreneurs who will create Jugaad solutions are like alchemists.
Video examples
David Deutsch: A new way...
gamma rays, transmutation. That ancient dream that had always eluded the alchemists was achieved through these same theories
Video examples
Where does gold come...
In medieval times, alchemists tried to achieve the seemingly impossible.
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Peter Dinklage
American Actor
I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know how Jessica Simpson and Beyonce have signature perfumes and make a mint? I'm thinking this cologne could be my ticket to fortune.
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Vic Mensa
American Musician
No I.D. is like an alchemist and he'll only give you so much at one time. It's for the best at the end of the day, cause through the process of working with No I.D. I was able to soak up his perspective for songwriting and production and keeping music alive.
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Molly Crabapple
American Artist
Burlesque girls were alchemists. They were steel-tough performers who were willing to use kitchens as dressing rooms, haul their costume bags through the snow, and go into debt over fake diamonds, all for the five minutes onstage when they were goddesses.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
When alchemists were talking about turning lead to gold, they were talking about turning a leaden consciousness, which most of us exist in during our lives, into a golden consciousness, which is a much better place to be.
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E. P. Thompson
British Historian
Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.
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Pharrell Williams
American Musician
The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Medieval alchemists, despite their lust for gold, considered mercury the most potent and poetic substance in the universe. As a child, I would have agreed with them.
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Billy Joel
American Musician
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Jamie Parker
English Actor
I know I'm only as good as the material I've got to work with. I'm not an alchemist, not when it comes to writing or production.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
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Peter Dinklage
American Actor
I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know how Jessica Simpson and Beyonce have signature perfumes and make a mint? I'm thinking this cologne could be my ticket to fortune.
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Vic Mensa
American Musician
No I.D. is like an alchemist and he'll only give you so much at one time. It's for the best at the end of the day, cause through the process of working with No I.D. I was able to soak up his perspective for songwriting and production and keeping music alive.
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Molly Crabapple
American Artist
Burlesque girls were alchemists. They were steel-tough performers who were willing to use kitchens as dressing rooms, haul their costume bags through the snow, and go into debt over fake diamonds, all for the five minutes onstage when they were goddesses.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
When alchemists were talking about turning lead to gold, they were talking about turning a leaden consciousness, which most of us exist in during our lives, into a golden consciousness, which is a much better place to be.
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E. P. Thompson
British Historian
Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.
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Pharrell Williams
American Musician
The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Medieval alchemists, despite their lust for gold, considered mercury the most potent and poetic substance in the universe. As a child, I would have agreed with them.
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Billy Joel
American Musician
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Jamie Parker
English Actor
I know I'm only as good as the material I've got to work with. I'm not an alchemist, not when it comes to writing or production.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
Example 1 of 10
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