Witch

//wɪt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "witch" (195 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (59)

Related words (97)

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Translations

365 translations across 152 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • арупап noun (person who uses magic)

Adyghe

2 entries
  • нэгъучӏыцэ noun (person who uses magic)
  • уды noun (person who uses magic)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • heks noun (person who uses magic)

Albanian

2 entries
  • shtrigë noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • yshtëse noun (person who uses magic)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • φαρμακίς noun (person who uses magic)

Arabic

1 entries
  • سَاحِرَة noun (person who uses magic)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • חרשתא noun (person who uses magic)
  • ܚܪܫܬܐ noun (person who uses magic)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կախարդ noun (person who uses magic)
  • վհուկ noun (person who uses magic)
  • վհուկ noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Asturian

1 entries
  • bruxa noun (person who uses magic)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • cadugər noun (person who uses magic)

Baltic Romani

4 entries
  • vedzma (Litovska) noun (person who uses magic)
  • vjeďma noun (person who uses magic)
  • čovaxani (Latvia) noun (person who uses magic)
  • čovaxanî noun (person who uses magic)

Basque

2 entries
  • belagile noun (person who uses magic)
  • sorgin noun (person who uses magic)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ве́дзьма noun (person who uses magic)
  • чараўні́ца noun (person who uses magic)

Breton

2 entries
  • gwrac'h noun (person who uses magic)
  • sorserez noun (person who uses magic)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ве́щица noun (person who uses magic)
  • ве́щица noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • вълше́бница noun (person who uses magic)
  • магьо́сница noun (person who uses magic)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ကဝေ noun (person who uses magic)
  • စုန်း noun (person who uses magic)
  • ရွာသူ noun (person who uses magic)

Catalan

3 entries
  • bruixa noun (person who uses magic)
  • bruixa noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • fetillera noun (person who uses magic)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • bruha noun (person who uses magic)
  • mamamarang noun (person who uses magic)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • shikechpalo noun (person who uses magic)

Chechen

4 entries
  • алмаз noun (person who uses magic)
  • гӏам noun (person who uses magic)
  • гӏам noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • ешап noun (person who uses magic)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mfiti noun (person who uses magic)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 神姐 noun (person who uses magic)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 女妖 noun (person who uses magic)
  • 女巫 noun (person who uses magic)
  • noun (person who uses magic)
  • 巫人 noun (person who uses magic)

Cornish

1 entries
  • gwragh noun (person who uses magic)

Corsican

4 entries
  • maga noun (person who uses magic)
  • moca noun (person who uses magic)
  • sdreia noun (person who uses magic)
  • strega noun (person who uses magic)

Czech

2 entries
  • čarodějnice noun (person who uses magic)
  • čarodějnice noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Danish

2 entries
  • heks noun (person who uses magic)
  • heks noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Dutch

4 entries
  • heks noun (person who uses magic)
  • heks noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • kol noun (person who uses magic)
  • mare noun (person who uses magic)

Emilian

2 entries
  • stria noun (person who uses magic)
  • strìa noun (person who uses magic)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • harpio noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • sorĉistino noun (person who uses magic)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nõid noun (person who uses magic)

Faroese

2 entries
  • gandakelling noun (person who uses magic)
  • gívur noun (person who uses magic)

Finnish

3 entries
  • akka noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • noita noun (person who uses magic)
  • ämmä noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

French

4 entries
  • harpie noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • sorcière noun (person who uses magic)
  • sorcière noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • stryge noun (person who uses magic)

Friulian

1 entries
  • strie noun (person who uses magic)

Galician

4 entries
  • antaruxa noun (person who uses magic)
  • bencedeira noun (person who uses magic)
  • bieiteira noun (person who uses magic)
  • bruxa noun (person who uses magic)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გრძნეული noun (person who uses magic)
  • დედაბერი noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • კუდიანი noun (person who uses magic)
  • ჯადოქარი noun (person who uses magic)

German

4 entries
  • Gabelreiterin noun (person who uses magic)
  • Hexe noun (person who uses magic)
  • Hexe noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • Hexenmeister noun (person who uses magic)

Greek

1 entries
  • μάγισσα noun (person who uses magic)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • ilisiitsoq noun (person who uses magic)
  • kussuk noun (person who uses magic)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ચૂડેલ noun (person who uses magic)
  • વિચ noun (person who uses magic)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • sòsyè noun (person who uses magic)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מְכַשֵּׁפָה noun (person who uses magic)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • bahoy noun (person who uses magic)

Hindi

3 entries
  • चुड़ैल noun (person who uses magic)
  • जादूगरनी noun (person who uses magic)
  • डाइन noun (person who uses magic)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • boszorka noun (person who uses magic)
  • boszorkány noun (person who uses magic)
  • boszorkány noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • bába noun (person who uses magic)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Hex noun (person who uses magic)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • galdrakerling noun (person who uses magic)
  • norn noun (person who uses magic)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • ahli sihir noun (person who uses magic)
  • penyihir noun (person who uses magic)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • ساحِرِه noun (person who uses magic)

Irish

4 entries
  • amaid noun (person who uses magic)
  • bean Ultach noun (person who uses magic)
  • báirseach noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • cailleach noun (person who uses magic)

Italian

4 entries
  • fattucchiera noun (person who uses magic)
  • maliarda noun (person who uses magic)
  • saga noun (person who uses magic)
  • strega noun (person who uses magic)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 鬼女 noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • 魔女 noun (person who uses magic)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • уд noun (person who uses magic)

Kabwa

2 entries
  • omurogi class 1 noun (person who uses magic)
  • omuturutumbi class 1 noun (person who uses magic)

Kannada

3 entries
  • ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ noun (person who uses magic)
  • ಮಾಟಗಾತಿ noun (person who uses magic)
  • ಮಾಯಗಾತಿ noun (person who uses magic)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • обур noun (person who uses magic)

Karelian

1 entries
  • noita noun (person who uses magic)

Kashmiri

2 entries
  • رانٛٹَس noun (person who uses magic)
  • ڈٲن noun (person who uses magic)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жезтырнақ noun (person who uses magic)
  • мыстан noun (person who uses magic)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឌាក៌នី noun (person who uses magic)
  • មេមត់ noun (person who uses magic)

Kongo

1 entries
  • ndoki noun (person who uses magic)

Korean

4 entries
  • 귀녀 noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • 마귀할멈 noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • 마녀 noun (person who uses magic)
  • 무당 noun (person who uses magic)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • желмогуз noun (person who uses magic)

Lao

1 entries
  • ແມ່ມົດ noun (person who uses magic)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • rogona noun (person who uses magic)

Latin

4 entries
  • fascināns noun (person who uses magic)
  • fascinātor noun (person who uses magic)
  • fascinātrīx noun (person who uses magic)
  • lamia noun (person who uses magic)

Latvian

2 entries
  • mačka noun (person who uses magic)
  • ragana noun (person who uses magic)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • heks noun (person who uses magic)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ragana noun (person who uses magic)

Lombard

2 entries
  • stria noun (person who uses magic)
  • strïon noun (person who uses magic)

Low German

4 entries
  • Hex noun (person who uses magic)
  • Wicker noun (person who uses magic)
  • Wickersch noun (person who uses magic)
  • Wickersche noun (person who uses magic)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • chódota noun (person who uses magic)

Lule Sami

1 entries
  • guobas noun (person who uses magic)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Hex noun (person who uses magic)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • вештерка noun (person who uses magic)
  • вештерка noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • волшебничка noun (person who uses magic)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • mpamosavy noun (person who uses magic)

Malay

3 entries
  • ahli sihir noun (person who uses magic)
  • penyihir noun (person who uses magic)
  • sahir noun (person who uses magic)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മന്ത്രവാദം noun (person who uses magic)

Maltese

1 entries
  • saħħara noun (person who uses magic)

Manx

3 entries
  • ben obbee noun (person who uses magic)
  • buitçh noun (person who uses magic)
  • caillagh noun (person who uses magic)

Mauritian Creole

2 entries
  • churel noun (person who uses magic)
  • sorsier noun (person who uses magic)

Middle English

1 entries
  • wicche noun (person who uses magic)

Middle Low German

1 entries
  • eteninne noun (person who uses magic)

Māori

1 entries
  • hinematarau noun (person who uses magic)

Navajo

2 entries
  • adiłgąshii noun (person who uses magic)
  • áńtʼį́į́hii noun (person who uses magic)

Norman

1 entries
  • chorchiéthe noun (person who uses magic)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • Gögeler noun (person who uses magic)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • heks noun (person who uses magic)
  • heks noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • heks noun (person who uses magic)
  • heks noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • trollkjerring noun (person who uses magic)

Nyole (Uganda)

1 entries
  • omulogo class 1 noun (person who uses magic)

Occitan

4 entries
  • bruèissa noun (person who uses magic)
  • fachilhièra noun (person who uses magic)
  • fachinièra noun (person who uses magic)
  • masca noun (person who uses magic)

Old Armenian

2 entries
  • հմայք noun (person who uses magic)
  • վհուկ noun (person who uses magic)

Old English

3 entries
  • hægtesse noun (person who uses magic)
  • wiċċa noun (person who uses magic)
  • wiċċe noun (person who uses magic)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries
  • sorteira noun (person who uses magic)

Old High German

1 entries
  • hagzissa noun (person who uses magic)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • ammait noun (person who uses magic)
  • badb noun (person who uses magic)

Old Norse

3 entries
  • galdrakona noun (person who uses magic)
  • seiðkona noun (person who uses magic)
  • vǫlva noun (person who uses magic)

Pashto

2 entries
  • جادوګره noun (person who uses magic)
  • شیشکه noun (person who uses magic)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Hex noun (person who uses magic)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hakjs noun (person who uses magic)

Polish

4 entries
  • czarownica noun (person who uses magic)
  • heksa noun (person who uses magic)
  • jędza noun (person who uses magic)
  • wiedźma noun (person who uses magic)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bruxa noun (person who uses magic)
  • bruxa noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • estria noun (person who uses magic)
  • estrige noun (person who uses magic)

Puyuma

1 entries
  • temararamaw noun (person who uses magic)

Quechua

1 entries
  • layqa noun (person who uses magic)

Romani

4 entries
  • drabarni noun (person who uses magic)
  • drabarìca noun (person who uses magic)
  • ćovali noun (person who uses magic)
  • ćovaxani noun (person who uses magic)

Romanian

2 entries
  • vrăjitoare noun (person who uses magic)
  • vrăjitor noun (person who uses magic)

Romansch

2 entries
  • streia noun (person who uses magic)
  • stria noun (person who uses magic)

Russian

4 entries
  • ве́дьма noun (person who uses magic)
  • ве́дьма noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • волше́бница noun (person who uses magic)
  • карга́ noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱯᱷᱩᱠᱨᱤᱱ noun (person who uses magic)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Häkse noun (person who uses magic)

Scots

4 entries
  • ell-woman noun (person who uses magic)
  • galdragon noun (person who uses magic)
  • gyre carline noun (person who uses magic)
  • hexie noun (person who uses magic)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • ban-draoidh noun (person who uses magic)
  • bana-bhuidseach noun (person who uses magic)
  • buidseach noun (person who uses magic)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • còprnica noun (person who uses magic)
  • vjèštica noun (person who uses magic)
  • vèštica noun (person who uses magic)
  • štrȉga noun (person who uses magic)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • magara noun (person who uses magic)

Sinte-Romani

3 entries
  • broška noun (person who uses magic)
  • heksa noun (person who uses magic)
  • čovaxani noun (person who uses magic)

Slovak

3 entries
  • bosorka noun (person who uses magic)
  • striga noun (person who uses magic)
  • čarodejnica noun (person who uses magic)

Slovene

3 entries
  • coprnca noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • čarovnica noun (person who uses magic)
  • čarovnica noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bruja noun (person who uses magic)
  • bruja noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • hechicera noun (person who uses magic)
  • maga noun (person who uses magic)

Sumerian

1 entries
  • 𒊩𒈦𒈦 noun (person who uses magic)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mchawi noun (person who uses magic)
  • mchawi noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)

Swedish

3 entries
  • häxa noun (person who uses magic)
  • trollkvinna noun (person who uses magic)
  • trollpacka noun (person who uses magic)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • mananagisama noun (person who uses magic)
  • mangkukulam noun (person who uses magic)

Tajik

3 entries
  • албастӣ noun (person who uses magic)
  • соҳира noun (person who uses magic)
  • ҷодугарзан noun (person who uses magic)

Tamil

2 entries
  • சூனியக்காரி noun (person who uses magic)
  • விரிச்சிகன் noun (person who uses magic)

Taos

1 entries
  • còhəoʼóna noun (person who uses magic)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మంత్రగత్తె noun (person who uses magic)

Thai

1 entries
  • แม่มด noun (person who uses magic)

Tok Pisin

3 entries
  • poisinmeri noun (person who uses magic)
  • puripurimeri noun (person who uses magic)
  • sanguma meri noun (person who uses magic)

Tsou

1 entries
  • yoifo noun (person who uses magic)

Tswana

1 entries
  • moloi noun (person who uses magic)

Turkish

4 entries
  • büyücü noun (person who uses magic)
  • cadaloz noun (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
  • cadı noun (person who uses magic)
  • sihirbaz noun (person who uses magic)

Udi

2 entries
  • куси noun (person who uses magic)
  • тӏатӏмер noun (person who uses magic)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ві́дьма noun (person who uses magic)
  • чаклу́нка noun (person who uses magic)
  • чарівни́ця noun (person who uses magic)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • chodojta noun (person who uses magic)
  • kuzłarnča noun (person who uses magic)

Urdu

1 entries
  • چُڑَیل noun (person who uses magic)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • jodugar noun (person who uses magic)

Venetan

1 entries
  • striga noun (person who uses magic)

Veps

1 entries
  • noid noun (person who uses magic)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phù thuỷ noun (person who uses magic)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • pyłwajs noun (person who uses magic)

Volapük

3 entries
  • himagivan noun (person who uses magic)
  • jimagivan noun (person who uses magic)
  • magivan noun (person who uses magic)

Votic

1 entries
  • nõitõ noun (person who uses magic)

Võro

1 entries
  • nõid noun (person who uses magic)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • barangan noun (person who uses magic)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dewines noun (person who uses magic)
  • gwrach noun (person who uses magic)

Welsh-Romani

1 entries
  • čovexani noun (person who uses magic)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • tsjoenster noun (person who uses magic)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • igqwirhakazi noun (person who uses magic)

Yao

1 entries
  • msaŵi class 1 noun (person who uses magic)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מכשפֿה noun (person who uses magic)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • cındar noun (person who uses magic)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect.

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The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.

Source: tatoeba (28613)

The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.

Source: tatoeba (49030)

Between ourselves, the fat ugly witch is on a diet.

Source: tatoeba (62014)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.