as in shaman
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamanist
Noun
-
Or a gathering of healers and shamans in Catemaco, Veracruz, for La Noche de Brujas (Night of the Witches)?—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Min claimed that the shaman is simply a friend of hers.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
To take that sort of Silver Age feel, that sort of science-fiction approach to it with gadgets, Lex [Luthor] is really a sort of sorcerer in a way.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2024
-
Many attacks go unreported, as the belief in witchcraft and the desire to punish sorcerers are widespread.—
Emma Bubola,
New York Times,
24 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
-
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.—
John Carlisle,
Freep.com,
18 Aug. 2022
Noun
-
After Nygren's speech, medicine man Lorenzo Max led the march, singing prayers and sharing ancestral stories.—
Trilce Estrada Olvera,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Aug. 2024
-
Iron Eyes, a 46-year-old lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, was 9 when a medicine man taught him traditions he’s maintained since, in the wake of the tribe’s annual sun dance ceremony at the park.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
26 July 2024
Noun
-
The inside is decked out with green and purple beads, voodoo masks and gold fleurs-de-lis.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
-
The victims, many of them elderly, were accused of using voodoo to harm the gang leader’s son.—
Azhar Fateh,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus, was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party.—
Sam Kiley,
CNN,
30 June 2022
-
But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus, the riddler—the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
The New Yorker,
9 May 2022
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Thesaurus Entries Near shamanist
Cite this Entry
“Shamanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamanist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share