Synonyms for witchcraft
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Witchery — the practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events
witchery, sorcery, magic, necromancy, enchantment, divination, conjuration, fascination, incantation, wizardry, spell, spell casting, charm, mojo, thaumaturgy, sortilege, theurgy, bewitchery, witchwork, witchdom, gypsycraft, rune
2. Dark magic — black magic; the use of witchcraft for evil means
dark magic, black art, cacomagic rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
Wiccans believe in a modernised form of witchcraft.
- n. 2
Black magic; the use of witchcraft for evil means.
The Bible warns against the use of witchcraft and sorcery.
Related words
- Word family
- witchery
Forms
- Plural
- witchcrafts → witcheries, sorceries, magics, necromancies…
Example sentences
- magic He amused the children by showing them some magic.
- sorcery Is there a difference between magic and sorcery?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| witchcraft | rising | |
| magic | rising | |
| sorcery | rising | |
| necromancy | rising | |
| witchery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mojo2, rune1
- 5 letters
- magic2, spell1, charm1
- 7 letters
- sorcery3, theurgy
- 8 letters
- wizardry3, witchery, witchdom
- 9 letters
- sortilege, witchwork, cacomagic
- 10 letters
- divination4, necromancy4, bewitchery, gypsycraft
- 11 letters
- fascination4, enchantment3, incantation4, conjuration, thaumaturgy
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mojo2 = 2 syllables).