coven

noun

co·​ven ˈkə-vən 

 also  ˈkō-

1

: a collection of individuals with similar interests or activities

a coven of intellectuals

2

: an assembly or band of usually 13 witches

Synonyms

• body
• bunch
• circle
• clan
• clique
• community
• coterie
• crowd
• fold
• galère
• gang
• klatch
• klatsch
• lot
• network
• pack
• ring
• set

Examples of coven in a Sentence

a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings

Recent Examples on the Web

Sinners — which was written, produced, and directed by Coogler — sees Jordan play a pair of twin brothers who return to their hometown only to discover that a coven of vampires has set up shop in the area. —Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025

Over at the Sparkle City Disco show, a coven of drunken zoomers—many of whom, mind you, were born after 9/11—are all shimmying jubilantly to songs by Donna Summer, pointing stoically to the ground and then triumphantly up at the ceiling, looking rather a lot like latter-day John Travoltas. —Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

But when greed takes hold of their coven’s leader, Nancy (Fairuza Balk), chaos ensues. —Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024

But that Kathryn Hahn is just so darn charming — charming enough for her own spinoff, Agatha All Along, which brings a whole coven’s worth of new witchy characters into the MCU. 4. —Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English covin agreement, confederacy, from Anglo-French covine, from Medieval Latin convenium agreement, from Latin convenire to agree — more at convenient

First Known Use

circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for coven

• oven

Kids Definition

coven

noun

cov·​en

ˈkəv-ən

: a meeting or band of witches