WITCH Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

witch 1 of 2

noun

ˈwich

Definition of witch

as in sorcerer

a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch

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as in hag

a mean or ugly old woman a foul-tempered old witch who is constantly at odds with her neighbors

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as in mage

a person skilled in using supernatural forces freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches

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witch

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verb

archaic

as in to charm

to attract or delight as if by magic the woman did witch me with her gentle smile

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Recent Examples of witch

Noun

Based on Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel, Practical Magic was released in 1998 and starred Bullock and Kidman, 59, as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, witches descended from a long line of magical women. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are back for Practical Magic 2, but not all of the same witches have returned with them. — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Verb

Finally, today is triple witching with equity options, futures and futures options all set to expire. — Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for witch

Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch

Noun

After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The sorcerers, it was thought, targeted their victims by stealing bits of their hair, clothes, nails, or feces, and wrapping them in a bundle with leaves.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorcerer

Noun

The cast are clustered around a table of props and despite her disappointment at the lack of hag wigs, Dale Dickey is flapping a fishing net like a seafaring matador.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Pinned beneath her rotting legs in his recliner chair, Loftis narrowly escapes by yanking its lever, catapulting the hag over his head.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of hag

Noun

Months earlier, Andy accidentally entered a magical portal, became a mage and saved the realm, but no one at home believed him.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of mage

Verb

Among those charmed over time was Kurt Cobain, who called their 1969 debut Philosophy of the World his fifth-favorite album.

— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
His charmed early life and promising political career were slowed, but not halted, when he was stricken with polio in his late 30s.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of charm

Noun

Told in alternating POVs between a sorceress, a woman knight and a serving girl, this is a fever dream of a fantasy novel with plenty of room for readers to make their own inferences about what’s really going on.

— S.M. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
The purple one is supposedly Clea, the sorceress who meets up with Doctor Strange at the end of Multiverse and is promptly never seen again.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorceress

Noun

My son raved about a show of card tricks performed by an Australian magician named James Galea (the fact that he was selected to participate in one helped).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
For The Times) Curating Knott’s magic show will be Rudy Coby, a resident magician at the Magic Castle.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of magician

Verb

In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Here are four more scammers who fascinated people on the internet – plus one who people thought was a scammer but turned out not to be.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascinate

Noun

Still, Lombard arrived with the reputation of a fielding wizard after his predecessor, Anthony Volpe, saw his defense drastically decline while playing through a shoulder injury last season.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
And for all the Padres’ successes under private equity wizard Peter Seidler, his biggest bet went bust, the ‘23 Padres missing the playoffs despite his approving MLB’s third-highest payroll.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of wizard

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