| Main Entry: | alchemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medieval science |
Synonyms: |
black arts, black magic, hermetics, magic, pseudo science, sorcery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Notes: | occamy was an alloy imitating silver, the counterpart to alchemy, alloy imitating gold |
| Main Entry: | black magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witchcraft or sorcery |
Synonyms: |
Satanism, black art, demon worship, demonianism, diabolism, magic, mysticism, necromancy, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | incantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell, magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, ala kazam, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo, necromancy, open sesame, rune, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural power; appearance |
Synonyms: |
alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
Synonyms: |
ability, acquirement, adeptness, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, deftness, dexterity, expertism, expertness, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastership, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, virtuosity, wizardry |
Antonyms: |
amateurishness, failure, inefficiency, lack |
| Main Entry: | necromancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sorcery |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, black magic, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, mysticism, occultism, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | sorcery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic, witchcraft |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchery, witching, wizardry |
Antonyms: |
reality |
| Main Entry: | voodoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, jinx, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, obeah, obi, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | witchcraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell-casting, magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, bewitchment, black art, black magic, charisma, conjuring, divination, enchantment, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, incantation, jinx, magnetism, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, occult, occultism, sorcery, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, voodooism, whammy, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | black art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in magic spells |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, black hocus-pocus, black magic, magic, magic, necromancy, occultism, sorcery, spell-casting, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry |