ENCHANTRESSES Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

enchantresses

noun

plural of enchantress

as in witches

a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers when misfortune occurred, it was not uncommon for some unpopular woman of the village to be branded an enchantress

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as in sirens

a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive Scarlett O'Hara is one of literature's most celebrated enchantresses

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as in goddesses

a lovely woman an enchantress of the silver screen whose legend has only grown over the years

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Noun

Years ago, William had plotted to pollute the the ley lines — the source of all witches and warlocks’ magical powers — which was foiled by a Mary, Graves and their coven sister Tamora (Keegan Connor Tracy).

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Snoopy and Woodstock line the outside of the bowl in costumes like cowboys, mummies, bandits, and witches.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of witches

Noun

Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Air raid sirens blare day and night, warning residents of oncoming fire and sending people running underground.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of sirens

Noun

Decades before portraying one of literature’s greatest sorceresses in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Samantha Morton was a magician’s assistant.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
But unlike Odysseus, who survives being waylaid by giants, sorceresses, nymphs, and numerous other distractions, Nolan himself becomes dragged down by the details of his Odyssey.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2026

Definition of sorceresses

Noun

These regions are already incredibly cinematic, but finding undiscovered beauties to shoot in this land was a true moment of pride and triumph.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Still, every spare inch is crammed with more than 32 different kinds of orchids imported from around the world, including such beauties as the flame-like Epidendrum radicans and the rare Dimorphorchis lowii.

— Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauties

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The Fore said that the disease was caused by secret attacks from sorcerers.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
The woods could be hiding places of witches and sorcerers, disguised as the old and feeble, but capable of summoning wonder and terrors, charms as well as curses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Definition of sorcerers

Noun

If the cookies have overspread or are misshapen, use a spoon to push the cookie edge toward the center to finesse their shape.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Only one plain tart flavor is available, but toppings including fruit, granola, nuts, candy, syrups and cookies are plentiful.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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