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necromancer

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: N EH1 K R AH0 M AE2 N S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: necromant, sciomancer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diviner

3

noun

Meaning 3

one who practices magic or sorcery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sorcerer, magician, wizard, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: occultist

Narrower terms: enchanter, exorcist, exorciser, magus, sorceress, witch doctor, Cagliostro, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Giuseppe Balsamo

History

Etymology

An alteration of nigromancer after necromancy, equivalent to necromancy + -er.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוֹבָא — person who practices necromancy
  • Catalan: nigromàntic — person who practices necromancy
  • Catalan: nigromant — person who practices necromancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死靈法師 /死灵法师 — person who practices necromancy
  • Czech: nekromant — person who practices necromancy
  • Dutch: dodenbezweerder — person who practices necromancy
  • Esperanto: nekromanciisto — person who practices necromancy
  • Finnish: nekromantikko — person who practices necromancy
  • French: nécromancien — person who practices necromancy
  • French: nécromancier — person who practices necromancy
  • French: nécromant — person who practices necromancy
  • Galician: nigromante — person who practices necromancy
  • German: Totenbeschwörer — person who practices necromancy
  • German: Totenbeschwörerin — person who practices necromancy
  • German: Nekromant — person who practices necromancy
  • German: Nekromantin — person who practices necromancy
  • Greek: νεκρομάντης (nekromántis) — person who practices necromancy
  • Ancient Greek: νεκρόμαντις (nekrómantis) — person who practices necromancy
  • Hebrew: מעלה באוב (ma'alé ba'óv) — person who practices necromancy
  • Icelandic: andasæringamaður — person who practices necromancy
  • Icelandic: uppvakningamaður — person who practices necromancy
  • Italian: negromante — person who practices necromancy
  • Japanese: 黒魔術師 (kuro majutsushi) — person who practices necromancy
  • Japanese: ネクロマンサー (nekuromansā) — person who practices necromancy
  • Japanese: 死霊使い (shiryōtsukai) — person who practices necromancy
  • Latin: nigrōmāns — person who practices necromancy
  • Macedonian: некрома́нт (nekrománt) — person who practices necromancy
  • Macedonian: некрома́нтка (nekromántka) — person who practices necromancy
  • Polish: nekromanta — person who practices necromancy
  • Portuguese: necromante — person who practices necromancy
  • Romanian: necromant — person who practices necromancy
  • Russian: некрома́нт (nekrománt) — person who practices necromancy
  • Russian: некрома́нтка (nekromántka) — person who practices necromancy
  • Slovene: nekromancer — person who practices necromancy
  • Slovene: nekromant — person who practices necromancy
  • Spanish: necromante — person who practices necromancy
  • Spanish: nigromante — person who practices necromancy
  • Swedish: nekromant — person who practices necromancy
Real reading context

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