witch

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Definition of WITCH

1

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>

Synonyms enchantress, hag, hex, sorceress

Related Words charmer, conjurer (or conjuror), enchanter, necromancer, voodoo, voodooist; magician, sorcerer, warlock, wizard

2

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

Synonyms beldam (or beldame), carline (or carlin) [chiefly Scottish], hag, hellcat, trot, witch

Related Words harpy, shrew, virago

3

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

Synonyms charmer, conjurer (or conjuror), enchanter, mage, Magian, magus, necromancer, sorcerer, voodoo, voodooist, witch, wizard

Related Words enchantress, hag, hex, sorceress; warlock; occultist; thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, wonder-worker; medicine man, shaman, shamanist, witch doctor; crystal gazer, diviner, foreseer, fortune-teller, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer; medium; exorciser, exorcist