WITCH Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

witch 1 of 2

noun

ˈwich

Definition of witch

as in sorcerer

a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch

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as in hag

a mean or ugly old woman a foul-tempered old witch who is constantly at odds with her neighbors

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as in mage

a person skilled in using supernatural forces freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches

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witch

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verb

archaic

as in to charm

to attract or delight as if by magic the woman did witch me with her gentle smile

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Recent Examples of witch

Noun

The glittering black bug can be seen and, more prominently, heard by an Owens witch whenever someone is about to die. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 Sure, the local museum proudly displays the island’s history of cannibalism, witch burning, serial killers and often devastating weather system. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Verb

Instead of voodoo shops and witches potions, there was free family-friendly events and merchanside proceeds being given to local scholarships. — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Finally, today is triple witching with equity options, futures and futures options all set to expire. — Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for witch

Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch

Noun

After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The sorcerers, it was thought, targeted their victims by stealing bits of their hair, clothes, nails, or feces, and wrapping them in a bundle with leaves.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorcerer

Noun

The cast are clustered around a table of props and despite her disappointment at the lack of hag wigs, Dale Dickey is flapping a fishing net like a seafaring matador.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Pinned beneath her rotting legs in his recliner chair, Loftis narrowly escapes by yanking its lever, catapulting the hag over his head.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of hag

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

Verb

Norway’s Erling Haaland, who charmed the world during this summer’s tournament, has more goals for club and country at 26 than either Messi or Ronaldo had at the same age.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Even—perhaps especially—for a Beltway outsider, ascending the American political ladder requires a tremendous amount of glad-handing and personal magnetism, if not charm.

— Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of charm

Noun

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

Definition of sorceress

Noun

The magician—and apparently her family, down through the generations—is responsible for keeping this creature at bay by binding it to a living body that remains immobile.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Young, who reached career highs in every major passing category last year, has been a magician in late-game situations.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of magician

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