Synonyms of sorcery

sorcery

noun

ˈsȯr-sə-rē 

as in witchcraft

the power to control natural forces through supernatural means

in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• witchcraft
• magic
• necromancy
• wizardry
• deviltry
• witchery
• thaumaturgy
• enchantment
• mojo
• devilry
• bewitchment
• conjuring
• voodooism
• diablerie
• divination
• alchemy
• talisman
• spell
• amulet
• bewitchery
• incantation
• ensorcellment
• glamor
• spiritualism
• fetich
• curse
• glamour
• occultism
• divining
• conjuration
• fetish
• charm
• phylactery
• soothsaying
• fortune-telling
• abracadabra
• forecasting
• exorcism
• mascot
• jinx
• prophesying
• foretelling
• sortilege
• omen
• crystal gazing
• hoodoo
• predicting
• augur
• augury
• hex
• foreseeing
• periapt
• prognosticating
• presaging
• foreknowing
• hexerei

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• science

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sorcery

Seduction is a kind of sorcery that designers played with via cone bras and transparent (tulle) veiling that was like a physical replication of a soft filter. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024

People often thought that sorcery, demons, or gods were punishing a person for their sin, explains Andrew Scull, one of the world’s foremost scholars of the history of madness. —Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024

In the Masters universe, Evil-Lyn serves as the second-in-command to the main antagonist, Skeletor, and possesses a mastery of witchcraft and sorcery. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024

In 2011, an angry mob plundered and burned a Coptic village church after finding in it an ancient Coptic liturgical script and mistaking it for a document of sorcery. —Nina Shea, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2017