Synonyms for necromancy
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Noun
1. Sorcery
sorcery, witchcraft, magic, divination, incantation, black magic, black art, enchantment, wizardry, charm, theurgy, thaumaturgy, conjuration, witchery, sortilege, bewitchery
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Definitions
- n. 1
Divination involving the dead or death.
Related words
- Word family
- necromancer necromantic
- Other spellings
- egromancy necyomancy
Forms
- Plural
- necromancies → sorceries, witchcrafts, magics, divinations…
Example sentences
- magic He amused the children by showing them some magic.
- witchcraft The pentagram is an important symbol in witchcraft.
- sorcery Is there a difference between magic and sorcery?
- divination Augury is divination based on the behavior of birds.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| necromancy | rising | |
| magic | rising | |
| witchcraft | rising | |
| sorcery | rising | |
| divination | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- magic2, charm1
- 7 letters
- sorcery3, theurgy
- 8 letters
- wizardry3, witchery
- 9 letters
- sortilege
- 10 letters
- witchcraft2, divination4, bewitchery
- 11 letters
- enchantment3, incantation4, conjuration, thaumaturgy
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (magic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- nécromancie
- Italiano
- negromanzia