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

Some Hoodoo practitioners have begun calling themselves witches, reflecting the increasingly positive reassessment of that term, which historically referred principally to practitioners of occult harming practices. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

But a trio of witches — Evanora (Rachel Weisz), Glinda (Michelle Williams), and Theodora (Mila Kunis) — convince the interloper that Oz may actually be worth fighting for. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

My novel Strange Folk follows a family of small-town Appalachian witches suspected of murder after a body turns up in their woods. — Alli Dyer, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

The story follows an aspiring witch, Coco, who finds herself in the center of an ideological conflict between two factions between the Pointed Hats and the Brimmed Caps witches. — Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The woods could be hiding places of witches and sorcerers, disguised as the old and feeble, but capable of summoning wonder and terrors, charms as well as curses. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Images of shape-shifting witches and cursed doors blur the lines between reality and the twins’ childlike imagination. — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026

Fortunately, Bagley’s cast doesn’t hold back in this slight but fun effort that features witches, zombies and other underground dwellers. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Sarah Paulson will return as Cordelia Goode, the Supreme of the New Orleans witches. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 June 2026

Verb

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