Synonyms of witches

witches 1 of 2

noun

plural of witch

1

as in sorcerers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorcerers
• sorceresses
• hags
• magicians
• warlocks
• wizards
• enchantresses
• necromancers
• enchanters
• charmers
• conjurers
• hexes
• voodoos
• voodooists

2

as in hags

a mean or ugly old woman

a foul-tempered old witch who is constantly at odds with her neighbors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hags
• crones
• shrews
• carlines
• trots
• hellcats
• beldams
• harpies
• viragoes

3

as in mages

a person skilled in using supernatural forces

freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorcerers
• mages
• magicians
• wizards
• warlocks
• necromancers
• conjurers
• enchanters
• magi
• charmers
• shamans
• Magians
• voodoos
• sorceresses
• hags
• voodooists
• occultists
• prophets
• diviners
• enchantresses
• seers
• soothsayers
• witch doctors
• fortune-tellers
• medicine men
• exorcists
• hexes
• wonder-workers
• thaumaturges
• theurgists
• prognosticators
• thaumaturgists
• shamanists
• crystal gazers
• foreseers
• mediums
• prophesiers
• exorcisers

witches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of witch, archaic

as in charms

to attract or delight as if by magic

the woman did witch me with her gentle smile

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charms
• fascinates
• delights
• enchants
• entices
• interests
• kills
• intrigues
• lures
• seduces
• pleases
• bewitches
• wiles
• tempts
• captivates
• beguiles
• draws
• magnetizes
• allures
• appeals (to)
• arrests
• pulls
• woos
• entrances
• courts
• disarms
• gratifies
• invites
• beckons
• enraptures
• enthralls
• solicits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• offends
• repels
• annoys
• disgusts
• tires
• revolts
• bores
• displeases
• irks
• wearies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of witches

Noun

Julie Blazek of Batavia was hanging out with members of the Batavia Woman’s Club who were all dressed as witches and planning to dance later on stage at the Peg Bond Center during the event. — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

For once, the senseless rioting in Springfield is correct, because Marge, along with Patty and Selma, are actually witches. — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

In the Buendías’ legacy of love and betrayal, loyalty and idealism, there was domestic and political violence, but there was also ice in the middle of the jungle and a sickness that put the whole town to sleep and girls that became witches. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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

Costumed skeletons and witches don’t bother him – but his jitters about performing on stage do. — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026

Isabelle Frances McGuire, whose beguiling sculptures of witches struck a chord at the recent Whitney Biennial, had her first solo show ever with Prairie, in 2017. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

From glittering ghosts, ghastly goblins and wicked witches to wily warlocks, fashion can inspire any Halloween transformation. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Many would rather experience nightstalkers, goblins and witches that can't escape the theater or TV screen, or zombies and werewolves that won't lunge off the pages of a book. — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026

Verb

The film, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, reprising their respective roles of sister witches Sally and Gillian Owens, arrives 28 years after the original. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026

Last year, Kardashians decorations took a spookier turn, with the reality star’s house being decorated with creepy floating ghosts, witches brooms and piles of pumpkins in shades of traditional orange — plus green, white and hues of brown — and covered in sprawling vines. — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025

Are the owners actually witches? — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025