Synonyms of sorceress

sorceress

noun

ˈsȯr-sə-rəs 

as in witch

a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers

asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village

Synonyms & Similar Words

• witch
• sorcerer
• hag
• enchantress
• magician
• wizard
• warlock
• necromancer
• enchanter
• hex
• voodoo
• charmer
• conjurer
• voodooist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sorceress

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

Helen’s famous face has been disfigured, presumably by her angry husband, Menelaus; the sorceress Circe uses her witchcraft in self-defense, seemingly as a result of traumatic encounters with men. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Shirka, the computer on Ulysses' ship, takes her name from Circe, a sorceress. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

In the film, Samantha Morton plays Circe as an earthy sorceress who doesn’t seek to bed Odysseus. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026