Wonder-worker
n.capable, hopefulliterary
What it means
A person who achieves remarkably helpful or impressive results.
Reach for it when using admiring or religious language for someone credited with extraordinary results
The grateful team called their inventive mechanic a wonder-worker.
Choose between these
6- playful
skill appears effortless and surprising
not when The metaphor hides the method and preparation.
- everyday
fixer
a practical person resolves difficult problems
not when Fixer can imply secrecy or questionable influence.
- warm
miracle worker
results seem far beyond reasonable expectation
not when The phrase can erase effort, systems, and collaborators.
- professional
repeatable practical resolution is the honest praise
not when Problem-solver is measured and lacks wonder.
- formal
exceptional mastery produces dazzling results
not when Virtuoso belongs to skill, not supernatural power.
- literary
savior
someone rescues a situation from collapse
not when Savior language creates dependency and unrealistic obligation.
Said against
3- bungler
- destroyer
- obstructer
It naturally appears in
3- renowned wonder-worker
The renowned wonder-worker was remembered for cures attributed to her.
- modern wonder-worker
Engineers cast the modern wonder-worker as a team rather than a lone genius.
- called a wonder-worker
The grateful village called the surgeon a wonder-worker.
Usage notes
Wonder-worker can be literal in religious traditions and hyperbolic elsewhere; do not turn skilled people into promises of impossible rescue.