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hypnotist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhɪpnətɪst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 P N AH0 T IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who induces hypnosis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypnotizer, hypnotiser, mesmerist, mesmerizer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychologist

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hypnotise Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hypnotist From hypnotise + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хипнотист (hipnotist) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Catalan: hipnotitzador — person who uses hypnotism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 催眠師 /催眠师 (cuīmiánshī) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Danish: hypnotisør — person who uses hypnotism
  • Esperanto: hipnotisto — person who uses hypnotism
  • Finnish: hypnotisoija — person who uses hypnotism
  • French: hypnotiseur — person who uses hypnotism
  • French: hypnotiseuse — person who uses hypnotism
  • German: Hypnotiseur — person who uses hypnotism
  • German: Hypnotiseurin — person who uses hypnotism
  • Hindi: सम्मोहक (sammohak) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Hungarian: hipnotizőr — person who uses hypnotism
  • Ido: hipnotisto — person who uses hypnotism
  • Ido: hipnotero — person who uses hypnotism
  • Ido: hipnotiganto — person who uses hypnotism
  • Irish: hiopnóisí — person who uses hypnotism
  • Italian: ipnotizzatore — person who uses hypnotism
  • Italian: ipnotista — person who uses hypnotism
  • Japanese: 催眠術師 (saiminjutsushi) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Kazakh: гипнозшы (gipnozşy) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Korean: 최면술사 (choemyeonsulsa) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Kyrgyz: гипнозчу (gipnozcu) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Lithuanian: hipnotizuotojas — person who uses hypnotism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hypnotisør — person who uses hypnotism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hypnotisør — person who uses hypnotism
  • Polish: hipnotyzer — person who uses hypnotism
  • Portuguese: hipnotizador — person who uses hypnotism
  • Romanian: hipnotizator — person who uses hypnotism
  • Romanian: hipnotizatoare — person who uses hypnotism
  • Russian: гипнотизёр (gipnotizjór) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Russian: гипнотизёрша (gipnotizjórša) — person who uses hypnotism
  • Scottish Gaelic: suainealaiche — person who uses hypnotism
  • Spanish: hipnotizador — person who uses hypnotism
  • Swedish: hypnotisör — person who uses hypnotism
  • Turkish: hipnozcu — person who uses hypnotism
  • Welsh: hypnotydd — person who uses hypnotism