Jedi

noun

ˈje-(ˌ)dī 

variants or less commonly jedi

plural Jedi or Jedis also jedi or jedis

: a person who shows extraordinary skill or expertise in a specified field or endeavor

Note: This use of Jedi has its origin in the fictional universe of the Star Wars franchise, where the terms Jedi and Jedi Knight refer to a member of an order of mystical warriors who can access and manipulate a pervasive spiritual energy called the Force to perform supernatural feats.

… Schreiber grounds the movie, showing Baron as a newsroom Jedi, an outsider who sees what the homegrown Bostonians missed.

—Sean P. Means

He also sees the role of wine Jedi as challenging what people think they like. If diners are open-minded, they might be pleasantly surprised.

—Meghan Jessiman

As you can imagine, Mr. Biffo took to Teletext like a swan to water, often being referred to as a Teletext Jedi due to his ability to use Teletext's limited graphical abilities (for want of a better word) to their fullest.

—Matt Gander

Day five, no bids … oh God, I thought, my Jedi powers of selling are failing me.

—Greg Dixon

Examples of Jedi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This brings an end to Hamill's long tenure as the first Jedi knight audiences came to know and love. —Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025

The film from director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy picks up roughly 15 years after the events in Skywalker and follows Rey’s efforts to build a new Jedi order. —James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025

Some may even squeeze Return of the Jedi out of that too. —Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025

It’s set a hundred years before The Phantom Menace and shows the Jedi as an order as flawed and fallible as any other. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 31 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Jedi

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny