Synonyms of the word

bewitch

• v. to cast a spell on someone or something.
• v. to astonish, amaze.

appeal

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
• v. (transitive, law, chiefly US, informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior…
• v. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to…
• v. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid.
• v. (intransitive) To be attractive.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by…
• v. To summon; to challenge.
• v. To invoke.
• n. (law).
• n. A summons to answer to a charge.
• n. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
• n. Resort to physical means; recourse.
• n. The power to attract or interest.

attract

• v. To pull toward without touching.
• v. To arouse interest.
• v. To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite…

becharm

• v. (transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.

beguile

• v. (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
• v. (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.

captivate

• v. To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
• v. (obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

capture

• n. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
• n. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
• n. Something that has been captured; a captive.
• n. The recording or storage of something for later playback.
• n. (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
• v. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
• v. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
• v. To reproduce convincingly.
• v. To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

catch

• n. (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
• n. (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
• n. (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
• n. (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
• n. (countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
• n. (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
• n. (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
• n. (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
• n. (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
• n. (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
• n. (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
• n. (obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
• n. (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
• n. (obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
• n. (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually…
• n. (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
• n. (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting…
• n. (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
• n. (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
• n. (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
• n. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
• n. A slight remembrance; a trace.
• v. (heading) To capture, overtake.
• v. (heading) To seize hold of.
• v. (heading) To intercept.
• v. (heading) To receive (by being in the way).
• v. (heading) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
• v. (heading) To seize attention, interest.
• v. (heading) To obtain or experience.

charm

• n. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
• n. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
• n. (physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks.
• n. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
• v. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural…
• v. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
• v. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
• n. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
• n. A flock, group (especially of finches).

enamor

• v. (mostly in the passive, followed by "of" or "with") To cause to be in love.
• v. (mostly in the passive) to captivate;.

enamour

• v. Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada spelling of enamor.

enchant

• v. To attract and delight, to charm.
• v. To cast a spell over.

entrance

• n. (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
• n. The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
• n. (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
• n. (uncountable) The right to go in.
• n. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
• n. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
• n. (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
• n. (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
• n. (music) When a musician starts playing or singing, entry.
• v. (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
• v. (transitive) To put into a trance.

fascinate

• v. To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
• v. To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind.
• v. To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.

glamour

• n. (countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
• n. Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really…
• n. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
• n. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear…
• n. (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
• v. (transitive) To enchant; to bewitch.

hex

• v. To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.
• n. An evil spell or curse.
• n. A witch.
• n. (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
• n. (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.
• n. A hexagonal space on a game board.
• n. (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other…

influence

• n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development…
• n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
• n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
• n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the…
• n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
• n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
• v. (transitive) To have an affect on using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify,…
• v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

jinx

• n. A hex; an evil spell.
• n. A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
• v. (transitive) To cast a spell on.
• v. (transitive) To bring bad luck to.
• interj. Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person…

magnetise

• v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of magnetize.

magnetize

• v. (transitive, physics) to make magnetic.
• v. (transitive) to attract, allure or entice (someone).

mesmerise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mesmerize.

mesmerize

• v. To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall.

spellbind

• v. (transitive) To captivate, or hold the attention of, as if by a magic spell; to entrance.

tempt

• v. (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
• v. (transitive) To attract; to allure.
• v. (transitive) To provoke something; to court.

trance

• n. A dazed or unconscious condition.
• n. (consciousness) A state of concentration, awareness and/or focus that filters information and experience;…
• n. (psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention.
• n. (psychology) The previous state induced by hypnosis.
• n. (uncountable, music) Trance music, a genre of electronic dance music.
• n. (obsolete) A tedious journey.
• v. To entrance.
• v. (obsolete) To pass over or across; to traverse.
• v. (obsolete) To pass; to travel.

witch

• n. A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or (archaic outside dialects and Wicca) man who practices witchcraft.
• n. (derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
• n. One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
• n. One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
• n. (geometry) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
• n. The stormy petrel.
• n. Any of a number of flatfish.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To practise witchcraft.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To bewitch.
• v. (transitive) To dowse for water.
• n. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.