sorceress

noun

sor·​cer·​ess ˈsȯr-sə-rəs 

ˈsȯrs-rəs

: a woman who is a sorcerer

Synonyms of sorceress

• witch
• sorcerer

Examples of sorceress in a Sentence

asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Nobody makes more of their limited screentime than Samantha Morton as the sorceress Circe in one of the film’s most powerful sequences. — ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

Odysseus escapes the attack aboard his lone remaining ship, sailing on to the island of the sorceress Circe. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sorceress

• abs
• acquiesce
• authoress
• bodiless
• coalesce
• decompress
• dispossess
• faithfulness
• letterpress
• mayoress
• murderess
• nonetheless

Kids Definition

sorceress

noun

sor·​cer·​ess ˈsȯrs-(ə-)rəs 

: a woman who practices sorcery : witch