ENCHANTRESS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

enchantress

noun

in-ˈchan-trəs

Definition of enchantress

as in witch

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 siren

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

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as in goddess

an attractive woman She's an enchantress of the silver screen whose legend has only grown over the years.

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Recent Examples of enchantress In Festival Opera’s new production of Handel’s 1735 opera, the deadly enchantress returns in a new production, with two performances by the company in collaboration with the San Francisco Early Music Society. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 Best known for comedy series like Community (2009-15) and GLOW (2017-19), Alison Brie is taking on the role of Evil-Lyn, an insidious enchantress who serves as Skeletor’s main accomplice. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 Hahn starred in Marvel series Agatha All Along, reprising her role of the magical enchantress who causes all sorts of trouble for both good and bad guys. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026 Taking inspiration from the Greek enchantress Circe, the fragrance embodies her mythical characteristics of seduction and power, alongside rebellion and creation. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enchantress

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Noun

The actresses are reprising their roles as the two witch sisters nearly 30 years after the 1998 original.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Bullock and Kidman reprise their roles as midnight margarita-sipping witches for the sequel, now guiding the next generation (played by new cast members Joey King and Maisie Williams) through the complications of making magic.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of witch

Noun

The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The myth of the sirens’ call has been with us for thousands of years, most recently brought to life in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of siren

Noun

Based on the legend of the Chinese goddess Chang’e, this book reimagines and expands the myth to center her daughter, Xingyin, who flees her home and embarks on a bold adventure to save her mother while training in enemy territory.

— Chloe Gong, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
South Korean girl group’s name was inspired by the Greek goddess of the moon and NASA’s Artemis program.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of goddess

Noun

Told in alternating POVs between a sorceress, a woman knight and a serving girl, this is a fever dream of a fantasy novel with plenty of room for readers to make their own inferences about what’s really going on.

— S.M. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
The purple one is supposedly Clea, the sorceress who meets up with Doctor Strange at the end of Multiverse and is promptly never seen again.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorceress

Noun

Country queen and national treasure Dolly Parton may have physically left the world on Tuesday, but her indelible mark on the world and the industry will never be forgotten.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
The country queen wore the whole story of American music on her shoulders like a coat of many colors.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of queen

Noun

After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The sorcerers, it was thought, targeted their victims by stealing bits of their hair, clothes, nails, or feces, and wrapping them in a bundle with leaves.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorcerer

Noun

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

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