ENCHANTRESS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

enchantress

noun

in-ˈchan-trəs

Definition of enchantress

as in witch

a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers When misfortune occurred, it was not uncommon for some unpopular woman of the village to be branded an enchantress.

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as in siren

a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive Scarlett O'Hara is one of literature's most celebrated enchantresses.

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as in goddess

an attractive woman She's an enchantress of the silver screen whose legend has only grown over the years.

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Recent Examples of enchantress Best known for comedy series like Community (2009-15) and GLOW (2017-19), Alison Brie is taking on the role of Evil-Lyn, an insidious enchantress who serves as Skeletor’s main accomplice. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 Hahn starred in Marvel series Agatha All Along, reprising her role of the magical enchantress who causes all sorts of trouble for both good and bad guys. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026 Taking inspiration from the Greek enchantress Circe, the fragrance embodies her mythical characteristics of seduction and power, alongside rebellion and creation. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 It’s named for the enchantress sent by the devil to seduce and destroy the Christian crusaders aiming to capture the city of Jerusalem. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for enchantress

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Noun

Images of shape-shifting witches and cursed doors blur the lines between reality and the twins’ childlike imagination.

— Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
In one episode, a familiar face is turned into a 60-foot witch.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 July 2026

Definition of witch

Noun

Earlier on Friday morning local time, Bahrain’s interior ministry said on X sirens had sounded and urged residents to seek safety.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Diving deeper into stories of sirens, nymphs, and of course gods, several ancient dogs had stories of their own.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of siren

Noun

From Madame Grès and Gianni Versace to today’s couture runways, designers have long looked to Grecian legacy — including draping, sculptural silhouettes, metallic finishes and goddess glamour — as the ultimate inspiration.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Circe trades seduction for something darker When Odysseus’ men encounter Circe in Homer’s poem, the goddess drugs them and turns them into pigs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of goddess

Noun

But the actor is at his most manically animated with the sorceress Circe (Samantha Morton), who has food that Eurylochus’s starving crewmates need.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Decades before portraying one of literature’s greatest sorceresses in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Samantha Morton was a magician’s assistant.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026

Definition of sorceress

Noun

The rare artifacts taken from the famed museum include jewelry owned by Napoleon III’s wife Empress Eugénie and a royal sapphire tiara, necklace, and matching earring owned by Queen Marie-Amélie, the last queen of France.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Necklaces and jewelry owned by other French queens, including Empress Marie Louise, Marie-Amélie, and Hortense Bonaparte, were also taken.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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Noun

On the wall above the bicycle hung a framed oil painting of the sorcerer Merlin and the knight Lancelot done by the Scotsman James Archer in the late nineteenth century.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of sorcerer

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