voodoo, n. & v.
--n.
1 use of or belief in religious witchcraft as practised among Blacks esp. in the W. Indies.
2 a person skilled in this.
3 a voodoo spell.
--v.tr. (voodoos, voodooed) affect by voodoo; bewitch.

Derivative

voodooism n. voodooist n.

Etymology

Dahomey vodu

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THESAURUS

voodoo

Jonah, alchemy, amulet, bad influence, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchery, cantrip, charm, conjurer, curse, demonize, diabolize, divination, enchant, enchanter, enchantment, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, exorciser, exorcist, fetish, fetishism, fylfot, gammadion, glamour, good-luck charm, gramarye, hex, hoodoo, ill wind, incantational, incantatory, jinx, juju, jujuism, love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, mage, magian, magic, magus, malevolent influence, malocchio, mascot, medicine man, mumbo jumbo, mundunugu, natural magic, necromancer, necromancy, necromantic, numinous, obeah, obeah doctor, obsess, overlook, periapt, philter, phylactery, possess, rune, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, shaman, shamanic, shamanism, shamanist, shamanistic, sorcerer, sorcerous, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sudarium, swastika, sympathetic magic, talisman, talismanic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgic, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, unspeller, vampirism, veronica, voodooism, voodooist, voodooistic, wanga, wangateur, warlock, weird, whammy, white magic, witch, witch doctor, witch master, witch-finder, witchcraft, witchery, witchlike, witchman, witchwork, witchy, wizard, wizardlike, wizardly, wizardry

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voodoo

Sorcery

N sorcery, occult art, occult sciences, magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy, demonology, demonomy, demonship, diablerie, bedevilment, witchcraft, witchery, glamor, fetishism, fetichism, feticism, ghost dance, hoodoo, obi, obiism, voodoo, voodooism, Shamanism (Esquimaux), vampirism, conjuration, bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism, od force, odylic force, electrobiology, clairvoyance, spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning, divination, sortilege, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae, hocus-pocus, magic, magical, mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory, charmed, Circean, odylic, voodoo, sorcery, occult art, occult sciences, magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy, demonology, demonomy, demonship, diablerie, bedevilment, witchcraft, witchery, glamor, fetishism, fetichism, feticism, ghost dance, hoodoo, obi, obiism, voodoo, voodooism, Shamanism (Esquimaux), vampirism, conjuration, bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism, od force, odylic force, electrobiology, clairvoyance, spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning, divination, sortilege, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae, hocus-pocus, magic, magical, mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory, charmed, Circean, odylic, voodoo.

VB practice sorcery, cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant, bewitch, bedevil, hoodoo, voodoo, entrance, mesmerize, magnetize, fascinate, taboo, wave a wand, rub the ring, rub the lamp, cast a spell, call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep, raise spirits from the dead.

Sorcerer

N sorcerer, magician, thaumaturgist, theurgist, conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch, hoodoo, voodoo, fairy, lamia, hag, warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage, cunning man, medicine man, Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica, medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller, mesmerist, deus ex machina, soothsayer, Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian, Circe, siren, weird sisters.

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