WITCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does witch mean?
• WITCH (noun)
The noun WITCH has 4 senses:
1. a female sorcerer or magician
2. a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
3. a believer in Wicca
4. an ugly evil-looking old woman
Familiarity information: WITCH used as a noun is uncommon.
• WITCH (verb)
The verb WITCH has 1 sense:
1. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Familiarity information: WITCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WITCH (noun)
Meaning:
A female sorcerer or magician
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
witch; enchantress
Hypernyms ("witch" is a kind of...):
occultist (a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts)
Meaning:
A being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("witch" is a kind of...):
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "witch"):
pythoness (a witch with powers of divination)
warlock (a male witch or demon)
Holonyms ("witch" is a member of...):
coven (an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches)
Meaning:
A believer in Wicca
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Wiccan; witch
Hypernyms ("witch" is a kind of...):
pagan (a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew))
Meaning:
An ugly evil-looking old woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
beldam; beldame; crone; hag; witch
Hypernyms ("witch" is a kind of...):
old woman (a woman who is old)
• WITCH (verb)
Meaning:
Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
glamour; hex; jinx; witch; bewitch; enchant
Hypernyms (to "witch" is one way to...):
becharm; charm (control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "witch"):
voodoo (bewitch by or as if by a voodoo)
spell (place under a spell)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s somebody
