Word.ws English Dictionary

enchant

/ɪnˈt͡ʃænt/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

Northern England/ɪnˈt͡ʃant/

enchant verb: to attract and delight, to charm.

Verb

enchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted)

  1. To attract and delight, to charm.
    • New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of...2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012
  2. To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).
    • With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.2009, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, →ISBN, page 241
  3. (roleplaying games) To magically enhance or degrade an item.

Noun

US/ˈɪnˌt͡ʃænt/UK/ˈɪnˌt͡ʃɑːnt/

enchant (plural enchants)

  1. An enchantment
    • The top button is an enchant you can get with 1 lapis, the middle will need 2 lapis, and the bottom will need 3. In addition to lapis, you will need to have a certain number of experience points to get an enchant.2015, Megan Miller, The Big Book of Hacks for Minecrafters: The Biggest Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

enchant meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

enchant in Urdu

رجھانا

enchant in Bengali

মুগ্ধ করা, মোহিত করা, জাদুকরী শক্তিতে বশীভূত করা

enchant in Malayalam

വശീകരിക്കുക, മോഹിപ്പിക്കുക, ആകർഷിക്കുക

enchant in Kannada

ಮಂತ್ರಮುಗ್ಧನನ್ನಾಗಿಸು, ಮರುಳು ಮಾಡು, ಆಹ್ಲಾದಗೊಳಿಸು, ಮೋಡಿಮಾಡು, ಮಾಟಮಾಡು, ಗೋರಿಗೊಳಿಸು
More languagesFewer languages
enchant in Odia
କିଣିବା kiṇibā
enchant in Sanskrit
लुभ् lubh

Synonyms of enchant

30 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

4 more antonymsFewer antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of enchant

Forms of enchant

Verb
third-person singular presentenchants
present participleenchanting
past participleenchanted
pastenchanted
alternative form (obsolete)enchaunt
alternative form (obsolete)inchant
alternative form (obsolete)inchaunt
Noun
pluralenchants

Past tense of enchant: enchanted

Origin of enchant

From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incant.

Words formed from enchant

Words that rhyme with enchant

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about enchant

What does enchant mean?
Enchant means to attract and delight, to charm.
What is enchant in Urdu?
Enchant in Urdu is رجھانا. See Enchant meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is enchant?
Enchant can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce enchant?
Enchant is pronounced /ɪnˈt͡ʃænt/ (US).
What is the past tense of enchant?
The past tense of enchant is enchanted.

Words near enchant in the dictionary

  1. enchanneled
  2. enchanneling
  3. enchannelled
  4. enchannelling
  5. enchannels
  6. enchant
  7. enchantable
  8. enchanted
  9. Enchanted Mesa
  10. enchantedly
  11. enchanter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: enchant (page history and authors); enchant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Enchant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କିଣିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); लुभ् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-enchant.ogg, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vanderdecken-enchant.wav.

Cite this entry: “enchant.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/enchant. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.