Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for voodoo

Synonyms for voodoo

Grammar : Noun
Spell : voo-doo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvu du

Top 10 synonyms for voodoo
Other synonyms for the word voodoo

Définition of voodoo

Origin :
  • religious witchcraft of Haiti and Southern U.S., ultimately of African origin, 1850, from Louisiana French voudou, from a W.African language (e.g. Ewe and Fon vodu "spirit, demon, deity," also Vandoo, supposedly the name of an African deity, from a language of Dahomey). Cf. vodun "fetish connected with snake worship in Dahomey," said to be from vo "to be afraid," or vo "harmful." The verb is attested from 1880.
  • noun black magic
Example sentences :
  • "'The only form in which Voodoo—'" began Father Brown, reading aloud.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • We didn't have no voodoo women nor conjure folks at our 20 acres.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • Hyppolite was a Voodoo priest and, it is said, an anthropophagist.
  • Extract from : « Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales » by Charles B. Cory
  • We might have been offered up on the altar of the voodoo worshippers for all you cared!
  • Extract from : « Polly's Southern Cruise » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • Then there was the voodoo priestess, she with the black goat.
  • Extract from : « The Crystal Ball » by Roy J. Snell
  • This woman was speaking, beyond doubt, of the voodoo priestess.
  • Extract from : « The Crystal Ball » by Roy J. Snell
  • She was thinking of Madame Zaran, of the voodoo priestess and all the rest.
  • Extract from : « The Crystal Ball » by Roy J. Snell
  • How far are we from the voodoo and all the savagery of Africa?
  • Extract from : « Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 » by Ida May Hill Starr
  • Why, then, should you exclaim, 'but Voodoo in the Surrey Hills!'
  • Extract from : « Bat Wing » by Sax Rohmer
  • The unholy rites of Voodoo are a closed book to the Western nations.
  • Extract from : « Bat Wing » by Sax Rohmer

Antonyms for voodoo

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019