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

Everyone's favorite witches are back (and just in time for spooky season). — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2026

In the haunted heart of New Orleans, Coven Academy 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, 18 Sep. 2026

Vampires don’t get along with witches and warlocks — and the fight between them is set to escalate even further across the season. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026

Participants leaned into the theme by dressing as food items alongside classic costumes such as ghosts and witches. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

In order to meet 2026’s nostalgia quota, here’s a 28-years-later followup to the cult flop about margarita-loving sister witches starring Bullock and Nicole Kidman. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026

Both of these tales were derived from the folk legends and mythologies involving witches and ghosts that were still prevalent along the Hudson Valley. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Ever since, witches, wizards, and dragons have bored me silly. — Griffin Dunne, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

In the sequel to 1998’s beloved fantasy film, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as two sisters who are witches. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 Sep. 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