Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun svengali

2 senses of svengali

Sense 1
Svengali -- (someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding)
       => persuader, inducer -- (someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on)

Sense 2
Svengali -- (the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically)
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")