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

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

Samantha Morton as Circe Circe is a sorceress whose island Odysseus and his crew encounter during their voyage. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Odysseus even implies that his delay in getting home might have as much to do with a guilty conscience as with intervening gods or the enchanting sorceress named Calypso. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 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