Thesaurus results for SHAMAN

shaman

noun

Definition of shaman

as in witch

someone who is believed in some cultures to be able to use magic to cure people who are sick, to control future events, etc. went to the shaman for a remedy

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Recent Examples of shaman Sci-fi blends with folklore as shamans stand in fields to anoint the new drone gods. — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 That means kicking off with the sacred mountain where shamans perform mudang rituals, the spiritual tradition at the heart of the storyline, and then using that inspiration to step into the soundproof studio to put your vocal chops to the test. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Ochre figures of hunters, eland, and dancing shamans come into focus. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Along the way, travelers will meet local shamans, experience traditional llanero (cowboy) culture, and be led by a Mayan spiritual guide and archaeologist. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shaman

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Noun

A couple of passing witches in distressed fish-nets aww-ed at the sight of the dog begging for the second half of his cone.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
There was a witch in a scary, misty setting, and Paw Patrol characters, and a pumpkin patch.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of witch

Noun

Houdini offers tribute to some magicians who preceded him and laments that more wasn't known about them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
In it, an orphan inherits a magician’s book and uses it to recover the memories an authoritarian empire has buried.

— Mark Schilling, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of magician

Noun

Among the counties now favoring Colom is Forrest County, home to Hattiesburg and named for Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Forrest County’s Competing Legacies Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Tennessee slave trader who became a Confederate general, later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.

— Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of wizard

Noun

Months earlier, Andy accidentally entered a magical portal, became a mage and saved the realm, but no one at home believed him.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of mage

Noun

The film is set at Ironclaw Academy, a school where the animal companions of sorcerers – known as familiars – go through a demanding and frequently messy training regime.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
While much of the plot still remains hidden in the eastern European nation of Latveria, it is known to feature heroes from different timelines that team-up to fight the universe-shattering peril of a sorcerer scientist named Doctor Doom.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of sorcerer

Noun

Season 1 follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Then another old friend of Mary’s, the shape-shifting warlock William (Devon Sawa), is revealed to have been impersonating a teacher.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of warlock

Noun

The boo hag Take, for instance, the boo hag, a being in Gullah Geechee folklore.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The sea hag in Widow’s Bay, by contrast, is a monstrous cross between Samara from The Ring, the entity from It Follows, and the lady in the bathtub from The Shining.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

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