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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 mage
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches
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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
Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Created by Mike Moreci and Nathan Gooden and edited by Adrian Wassel, Barbaric centers on a ruthless and crass barbarian who is cursed to only use his violence for good, which sends him, his talking axe and a young witch, on a road of self-discovery, redemption and revenge.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Reese Witherspoon and her younger son, Tennessee, met up with Minnie, dressed as a not-so-spooky witch, during their visit in October 2016.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Created by Mike Moreci and Nathan Gooden and edited by Adrian Wassel, Barbaric centers on a ruthless and crass barbarian who is cursed to only use his violence for good, which sends him, his talking axe and a young witch, on a road of self-discovery, redemption and revenge.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Verb
Finally, today is triple witching with equity options, futures and futures options all set to expire.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch
Noun
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In the first Mortal Kombat film, Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung (Chin Han) seeks to eliminate Earth's champions ahead of the ultimate tournament between realms.—
Nigel Smith,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Indeed, the sequel to the fan-favorite 1998 film, in which Bullock and Kidman play sister sorcerers, will hit theaters this September.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
2 May 2026
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And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.—
The Week,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
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The movie is adapted from the French novel of the same name (Le mage du Kremlin, in French) by author Giuliano de Empoli and casts Paul Dano as a fictional character named Vadim Baranov, who assists Putin in his rise to the center of Russia's government.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Interspersed throughout the main storyline, sequences depict how Trent Ikithon (Mark Strong) recruited the promising fire mage to join his magic academy, submit to painful experimentations to enhance his power, and eventually groomed him to become a Volstrucker assassin to hunt down dissidents.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Dec. 2025
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The right idea needs more than charm to hold up.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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Roth was free to charm, wink, and flash that high-wattage grin, while the singers amplified the old Halen harmonies.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
25 May 2026
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Odysseus encounters a cyclops, sea monsters, and a sorceress who transforms men into animals, all rendered with minimal CGI and maximum ambition.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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He is also shown using telepathy to communicate with the sorceress.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Come see magician Ken Scott at the Peachtree Corners branch of the Gwinnett Public Library for a show packed with jokes, tricks, storytelling and music.—
Elizabeth Green,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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Cocktail Magic includes bars with different themes and wandering magicians.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
Verb
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The combined disgust, discomfort, ignorance, and fascination with our Indigeneity that unsettled my aunties and fascinated my cousins made more sense to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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While the remote learning time during the COVID pandemic was challenging for many students, Ashlyn Duran used it to learn more about a subject that fascinated her.—
Amy Stark Shireman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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At the same time, fencing is also touting is status as an Ivy League favorite, a discipline that has historically appealed to artists and egghead-y types including engineers, architects, finance and technical wizards, as well as artists.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Warm up those wands, wizards, because the world of Harry Potter is hoping to cast a marketing spell over the metro area this summer.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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