necromancer

Other forms of necromancer

plural

necromancers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about necromancer

What does necromancer mean?

necromancer means "one who practices magic or sorcery". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in necromancer?

necromancer has 4 syllables: nec-ro-man-cer. The stress falls on "nec". In IPA it is /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/.

What is another word for necromancer?

Close synonyms include sorcerer, magician, wizard, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is necromancer a common word?

necromancer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.