WITCHCRAFT Synonyms

• calling up a spirit or devil

• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

• a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

• a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

• a magical spell

• any art that invokes supernatural powers

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

• the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

• conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying

• supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

• supernatural practices and techniques

• hidden and difficult to see

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished

• hide from view

• the study of the supernatural

• a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control

• the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world

• a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

• (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities

• a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

• bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

• the art of sorcery