Voodoo

What do we mean by voodoo?

A religion of West African origin practiced chiefly in Haiti and other Caribbean countries, based on animism, magic, and elements of Roman Catholic ritual, and characterized by belief in a supreme God and a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. noun

A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo. noun

Deceptive or delusive nonsense. noun

To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch. transitive verb

Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo. adjective

Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions. adjective

To affect by voodoo conjuration or charms.

A common name among creoles and in many of the southern United States for any practicer of malicious, defensive, amatory, healing, or soothsaying enchantments, charms, witchcrafts, or secret rites, especially when they are tinctured with African superstitions and customs; especially, one who makes such practices a business. noun

The same title transferred by voodoos to a personal evil spirit supreme among evil powers. noun

Plural The practicers of voodoo rites as a collective body. noun

Pertaining to or associated with the superstitions and peculiar practices of the voodoos: as, a voodoo dance (a violent indecent dance belonging to the secret nocturnal ceremonies of the voodoos); a voodoo doctor, or voodoo priest (the terms most commonly used in creole countries for any professional voodoo); voodoo king or queen (the person who, by a certain vague election and tenure, holds for life a local preëminence and some slight, authority over all voodoos of the surrounding country).

Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo. adjective

See voodooism. noun

One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer. noun

A religion of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin. noun

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. noun

Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem. noun

To enchant someone or something using voodoo verb

A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers noun

A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities noun

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

Words that are spelled similarly to voodoo:
voodoo, hoodoo, koodoo, doodoo, vodoo.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word voodoo:
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Words that rhyme with voodoo:
to, through, blue, into, do, you, que, view, pursue, hew, purview, review, queue, eschew, accrue, cue, new, true, due, two, screw, coup, rue, slew, revenue, shoe, imbue, crew, too, u, hue, lieu, tissue, skew, ensue, stew, few, rendezvous, construe, avenue, breakthrough, guru, brew, debut, sue, who, ado, boo, flu, hitherto, strew, woo, overview, shrew, taboo, ewe, yahoo, glue, coo, bamboo, subdue, clue, loo, redo, outdo, undo, tattoo, retinue, poo, undue, pew, spew, thru, askew, adieu, vue, q, ingenue, goo, statue, interview, lulu, dew, barbecue, anew, vu, yew, cuckoo, renew, canoe, xu, emu, residue, chew, shue, gnu, flue, mew, zoo, overdo.

Adjectives that are often used to describe voodoo:
haitian, african, hot, little, orisha, real, old, west, much, 101, white, deep, anti, black, indian, romantic, modern, pure, american, bad, urban, authentic, powerful, serious, day, dominican, brazilian, western, traditional, technological, strange, mental, verbal, caribbean, tame, horrible, fine, rural, contemporary, psychological, electronic, native, definite, secret, ordinary, decadent, tribal, deadpan, primitive, genuine, scientific, magic, finnish.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective voodoo:
death, dolls, ceremonies, economics, season, priests, stuff, magic, rituals, cult, practitioners, thing, rites, practices, session, woman, drums, curses, medicine, science, followers, person, worship, man, voice, songs.

Consonant match to voodoo:
veda, verde, vida, vader, voider, vedda, v-day, wajda, vedder, verdes, ve day, v day, vajda, v d, vayda, veeder, weida, v de, v di, v do, v doe, v du, v due, ve de, ve do, veda a, ver de, verde e, vi d, vi de, vida a, vide a, vide de, vie d, vie de, vie di, vo d, void a, void di, void he, void her, vous de, vous deux, vous du, vowed a, vowed he, vowed her, vowed i, vu de, vu du.

Words that sound like voodoo:
voodoo, vodoo, vodou, vida, veda, vado, vada, voda, vido, vidi, vayda, v day, vedi, vodi, vadi, voodoos, weida, vajda, wajda, vatu, ve day, vitu, vuu, witu, you do, void, veto, vid, vowed, vita, vito, vato, vids, voids, vide, wity, vitae, vod, vied, vad, vade, veta, voide, vides, viti, v-day, vaid, vati, vetta, vendue, voto, vota, wdo, voot, vata, vud, vaduz, vitta, wtoo, vidua, vods, vdo, vojta, wdy, wta, vodoun, vua, vaud, veti, witi, vaad, vittae, wda, hvid, v.d, vda, vdi, vads, vieta, votaw, foodie, todo, doodoo, foody, hoodoo, to do, udy, do do, uda, to-do, koodoo, doo-doo, vieux, ayuda, utu, eudy, doo doo, veu, sudu, veut.