witchcraft
/ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹɑːft/US/ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹæft/
witchcraft noun: the practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
Noun
witchcraft (usually uncountable, plural witchcrafts)
- 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.
- We may smile now to hear witchcraft spoken seriously of; but we forget perhaps that a belief in it is like a belief in the after appearance of the dead among the blue waters, the green graves, the still starry atmosphere and the great shadowy woods of our earth; […]1828, John Neal, chapter I, in Rachel Dyer: A North American Story, Portland, Me.: Shirley and Hyde, →OCLC, page 22
- Synonyms:
- witchdom, witchery, witchwork, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft, dark arts
- Black magic; the use of witchcraft for evil means.
- The Bible warns against the use of witchcraft and sorcery.
- Synonyms:
- dark magic, goety, sorcery, black magic, cacomagic
- Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.
- There can be no denying that the more than 100 exhibiting companies and divisions also gave full play to examples of their latest technological witchcraft, as befits the foremost US aerospace event.1987, Air Force Magazine, volume 70, page 88
- Synonyms:
- wizardry
- An irresistible or seemingly magical influence.
witchcraft meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
witchcraft in Hindi
- the practice of witches
- जादूगरी jādūgrī, टोना ṭonā
witchcraft in Tamil
- சல்லியம், வைப்பு, சூனியம், சூனியக்காரி
witchcraft in Marathi
- जादूटोणे
witchcraft in Urdu
- the practice of witches
- جادُوگَری jādūgarī, ٹونا ṭonā
More languagesFewer languages
- witchcraft in Bengali
- ডাকিনীবিদ্যাā ḍakinibiddaā
- witchcraft in Telugu
- మంత్రవిద్య
- witchcraft in Malayalam
- മന്ത്രവാദം mantravādaṁ, ആഭിചാരം ābhicāraṁ
- witchcraft in Kannada
- ಮಂತ್ರವಿದ್ಯೆ, ಮಾಟ, ವಾಮಾಚಾರ
- witchcraft in Gujarati
- મેલીવિદ્યા, મેલીવિદ્યાના
- witchcraft in Odia
- ମନ୍ତ୍ରବାଦ
- witchcraft in Sanskrit
- अभिचार abhicāra
- witchcraft in Arabic
- سِحْر siḥr, شَعْوَذَة šaʕwaḏa
- witchcraft in Malay
- sihir
- witchcraft in Indonesian
- sihir, tenung
- witchcraft in Thai
- เวทมนตร์ wêet-mon
- witchcraft in Vietnamese
- thuật phù thủy
- witchcraft in Myanmar
- ပယောဂ pa.yau:ga.
Examples of witchcraft in a sentence
- Such witchcraft has no power now to show itself, because the people don't believe in it any more.1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “A Day with the Capercailzies”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log....
- The way Green practices witchcraft defies stereotypes of broomstick-wielding, cauldron-toting, pointy-hatted witches.2024 October 26, Scottie Andrew, “Witches walk among us — but they’re not like the fictional ones you grew up with”, in CNN, archived from...
Synonyms of witchcraft
- witchdom
- witchery
- witchwork
- bewitchery
- black arts
- charmwork
- conjuration
- conjuring
- dark arts
- diablerie
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Forms of witchcraft
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Origin of witchcraft
From Middle English wicchecraft, wicchecreft, from Old English wiċċecræft, equivalent to witch + -craft.
Words formed from witchcraft
Questions about witchcraft
- What does witchcraft mean?
- Witchcraft means the practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
- What is witchcraft in Hindi?
- Witchcraft in Hindi is जादूगरी (jādūgrī), टोना (ṭonā). See Witchcraft meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use witchcraft in a sentence?
- Such witchcraft has no power now to show itself, because the people don't believe in it any more.
- What part of speech is witchcraft?
- Witchcraft is a noun.
- How do you pronounce witchcraft?
- Witchcraft is pronounced /ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹæft/ (US).
- What is the plural of witchcraft?
- The plural of witchcraft is witchcrafts.
Words near witchcraft in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: witchcraft (page history and authors); witchcraft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); witchcraft (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); witchcraft (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); witchcraft (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); witchcraft (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); witchcraft (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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