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as in amulets
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
an old cap that I use as a charm for whenever I play softball
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as in spells
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
recited a charm to make the prince fall in love with her
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as in pendants
an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist
a dangling charm in the figure of a horse on her bracelet
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as in fascinates
to attract or delight as if by magic
a quaint seaside village that charms all who visit it
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as in possesses
to cast a spell on
in one version of the tale, it is a vengeful fairy who charms Sleeping Beauty so that she falls into a sleep for a hundred years
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Recent Examples of charms
Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
One of its core charms is that there’s a lightness at work that balances the dark—Peychaud’s Bitters and Punt e Mes on the bright fruit, Averna playing the low tones, while the apple brandy provides structure, bridging them both together—and the balance is just right.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
As for accessories, Middleton nodded to Ireland with gold hoops featuring shamrock charms by British designer Daniella Draper.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The boots are covered in a plush, vegan leopard-print fur, decked out with Jibbitz charms, chains, and embellishments.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Charms are also a fund way to customize a jewelry stack, from cheeky croissant charms to timeless heart lockets.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
The best hotels in Montréal capitalize on the city’s charms, with many occupying historic landmarks like 18th-century merchant houses or even the original headquarters of Canada’s famed jeweler Birks.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
This calendar is full of enamel charms and tassels that let your teen build their own bracelet as December progresses.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
The charms of Tabarca have not gone unnoticed, even beyond Spain’s borders.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Although there may not be snow on the ground, the area still charms with its alpine vistas, green meadows, and waterfalls, such as Staubbach Falls, the third highest waterfall in Switzerland.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
As the seasons go on, Barbra charms her way from Reba's biggest annoyance to being her best friend.
—Eric King, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
When an actor charms the pants off us, nothing, especially a writer with a ballpoint pen and bad hair, can persuade us to put them back on.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
But its size is one of its charms, and one of the reasons why the festival has been running successfully for almost two centuries.
—Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
One of its core charms is that there’s a lightness at work that balances the dark—Peychaud’s Bitters and Punt e Mes on the bright fruit, Averna playing the low tones, while the apple brandy provides structure, bridging them both together—and the balance is just right.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
As for accessories, Middleton nodded to Ireland with gold hoops featuring shamrock charms by British designer Daniella Draper.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The boots are covered in a plush, vegan leopard-print fur, decked out with Jibbitz charms, chains, and embellishments.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Charms are also a fund way to customize a jewelry stack, from cheeky croissant charms to timeless heart lockets.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
The best hotels in Montréal capitalize on the city’s charms, with many occupying historic landmarks like 18th-century merchant houses or even the original headquarters of Canada’s famed jeweler Birks.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
This calendar is full of enamel charms and tassels that let your teen build their own bracelet as December progresses.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
The charms of Tabarca have not gone unnoticed, even beyond Spain’s borders.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
First stop is the Skiatook Municipal Courthouse, where Wendell charms an exhausted clerk into finding him an atlas from before 1950.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Although there may not be snow on the ground, the area still charms with its alpine vistas, green meadows, and waterfalls, such as Staubbach Falls, the third highest waterfall in Switzerland.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
As the seasons go on, Barbra charms her way from Reba's biggest annoyance to being her best friend.
—Eric King, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
When an actor charms the pants off us, nothing, especially a writer with a ballpoint pen and bad hair, can persuade us to put them back on.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charms
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Brides in South Asia are famously decked out in the precious metal – necklaces, earrings, nose rings, hair pieces and amulets – that can be gifted or inherited.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Still, Madrid’s governance model is integral to the club’s self-image, although few doubt that Perez has been the most influential in setting policy during his two spells as president (2000-2006 and since 2009).—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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These are the types of spells that can cost games.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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At a metal detector, a guard gestured to his many necklaces and pendants.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Thus, the scheme of thoughtfully layered illumination, including the pair of Grand Central Terminal–worthy pendants in the kitchen (each weighing in the realm of 60 pounds), plaster sconces, custom lampshades, and Deschanel’s beloved Murano chandeliers.—
Catherine Hong,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The school’s origins are cultish, an area that fascinates Martin.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Ange Postecoglou fascinates me.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The fourth-year manager possesses a heightened ability to recite specific plays from specific games even months or years later.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, leaders are beginning to wake up to the tremendous trump card China possesses in the form of rare earth materials.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
17 Oct. 2025
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As if what delights and obsesses us must have a purpose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Charms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charms. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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