warlock
Dark arts practitioner
A warlock is a male witch or sorcerer—someone who practices magic, typically dark or malevolent.
The term appears mainly in fantasy fiction and folklore, where warlocks often serve as villains or morally ambiguous figures: The warlock cast a binding spell.
In modern usage, warlock sometimes describes any male magic practitioner, though some prefer wizard or mage.
One who performs magic
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- enchanterOne who uses magic
- conjurerPerformer of magic tricks
magician · necromancer · thaumaturge · illusionist · occultist · mage · magus · witch
Formal agreement between parties
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- familiarKnown from experience
- grimoireTextbook of sorcery
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
coven · summoning · invocation · dark arts · black magic · demonology · sabbath · pentagram
Spoken magical formula
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
divination · necromancy · transmutation · evocation · abjuration · illusion · spell · cantrip
Harboring ill will
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- darkAbsence of light
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- diabolicalExtremely wicked or cruel
menacing · shadowy · ominous · foreboding · maleficent · cursed · corrupted · fell
Mythical British sorcerer
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- RPGExplosive launcher or fantasy genre
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
Saruman · Gandalf · antagonist · villain · dark lord · battlemage · World of Warcraft · Destiny
spellcaster
One who performs magic
conjurer · magician · necromancer · thaumaturge · illusionist · occultist · mage · magus · witch · hexer
pact
Formal agreement between parties
ritual · coven · summoning · invocation · dark arts · black magic · demonology · sabbath · pentagram · sigil
incantation
Spoken magical formula
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
conjuration · divination · necromancy · transmutation · evocation · abjuration · illusion · spell · cantrip · ritual
malevolent
Harboring ill will
diabolical · menacing · shadowy · ominous · foreboding · maleficent · cursed · corrupted · fell · baleful
Merlin
Mythical British sorcerer
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- RPGExplosive launcher or fantasy genre
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
Saruman · Gandalf · archetype · antagonist · villain · dark lord · battlemage · World of Warcraft · Destiny
- magic userswizard, sorcerer, mage, witch, enchanter
- dark magesnecromancer, black mage, black magician, lich, demonologist
- dark wizardsevil sorcerer, necromancer, lich, Voldemort, Saruman
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- costumeswitch, costume, vampire, pirate, ghost costume
- fantasy adventuredragon, dragons, wizard, wizards, magic