jinx

The word “jinx” has 1 syllable: jinx

It's pronounced as /dʒɪŋks/


What is synonym and antonym for jinx?

In the thesaurus, “jinx” has 41 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jinx along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jinx

  • Indian sign
  • Jonah
  • attract
  • augury
  • bedevil
  • beguile
  • bewitch
  • black magic
  • captivate
  • cast a spell on
  • charm
  • condemn
  • curse
  • damn
  • enchant
  • enchantment
  • ensorcel
  • ensorcell
  • entice
  • evil eye
  • fascinate
  • give the evil eye
  • hex
  • hoodoo
  • kiss of death
  • lure
  • mesmerize
  • nemesis
  • omen
  • overlook
  • plague
  • portent
  • possess
  • pox
  • seduce
  • spell
  • spellbind
  • strike
  • tempt
  • voodoo
  • whammy

Antonyms for jinx

  • advantage
  • amulet
  • benefit
  • bless
  • boon
  • charm
  • disenchant
  • fetich
  • fetish
  • luck
  • talisman

Meanings of jinx

  • noun
    1. A hex; an evil spell.
    2. A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
  • verb
    1. To cast a spell on.
    2. To bring bad luck to.
    3. To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
  • interjection
    1. Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously.

Example Sentences

  • Superstitious players avoid mentioning a no-hitter during a baseball game to prevent a jinx.
  • Whenever they planned an outdoor event, they worried about rain, fearing it would jinx their plans.
  • After a series of unfortunate events, she wondered if she had fallen victim to a jinx.
  • The team's winning streak came to an end after a fan jokingly mentioned the word jinx.
  • Despite their skepticism, they hesitated to tempt fate and risk a jinx by celebrating too soon.

On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jinx, such as: Indian sign, Jonah, advantage, amulet, attract, augury, bedevil.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ill-starred

  • accursed
  • accurst
  • adverse
  • calamitous
  • catastrophic
  • damned
  • disastrous
  • doomed
  • hapless
  • hard-luck
  • ill
  • ill-fated
  • inauspicious
  • jinxed
  • luckless
  • snakebit
  • snakebitten
  • star-crossed
  • tragic
  • tragical
  • unfavorable
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unlucky
  • unpromising
  • untoward

fairylike

magical

  • aberrant
  • amazing
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • atypical
  • awesome
  • baffling
  • bedazzled
  • bewildering
  • bewitched
  • bewitching
  • bizarre
  • captivated
  • charismatic
  • charmed
  • charming
  • clairvoyant
  • confounding
  • conjuring
  • conspicuous
  • curious
  • cursed
  • curst
  • demoniac
  • diabolic
  • divining
  • dreamy
  • eerie
  • eery
  • enchanted
  • enchanting
  • ensorcelled
  • entranced
  • entrancing
  • extraordinary
  • fabulous
  • fairy
  • fairylike
  • fantastic
  • fantastical
  • far-out
  • fascinated
  • fascinating
  • fiendish
  • flaky
  • forecasting
  • foreknowing
  • foreseeing
  • foretelling
  • fortune-telling
  • freak
  • freakish
  • funny
  • ghostly
  • grotesque
  • haunted
  • hypnotized
  • idiosyncratic
  • imaginary
  • jinxed
  • kinky
  • magic
  • magnetic
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • mesmerized
  • metaphysical
  • miraculous
  • mysterious
  • mystic
  • mystifying
  • mythical
  • necromantic
  • notable
  • noticeable
  • numinous
  • occult
  • otherworldly
  • out-of-the-way
  • outlandish
  • outrageous
  • outstanding
  • paranormal
  • parapsychological
  • peculiar
  • perplexing
  • phenomenal
  • portentous
  • possessed
  • predicting
  • presaging
  • preternatural
  • prodigious
  • prognosticating
  • prominent
  • prophesying
  • puzzling
  • quaint
  • queer
  • queerish
  • quirky
  • rare
  • remarkable
  • runic
  • salient
  • screwy
  • shocking
  • singular
  • soothsaying
  • sorcerous
  • spectral
  • spellbinding
  • spellbound
  • spiritualistic
  • spooky
  • strange
  • striking
  • stunning
  • stupendous
  • sublime
  • superhuman
  • supernatural
  • supernormal
  • telekinetic
  • thaumaturgic
  • tranced
  • transcendent
  • transcendental
  • uncanny
  • uncommon
  • unconventional
  • uncustomary
  • unearthly
  • unique
  • unnatural
  • unorthodox
  • unusual
  • unwonted
  • utopian
  • wacky
  • way-out
  • weird
  • whacky
  • wild
  • wiling
  • witching
  • witchlike
  • wizardly
  • wonderful
  • wondrous

Jonah

  • Indian sign
  • augury
  • curse
  • cursed
  • evil eye
  • hex
  • hexed
  • hoodoo
  • ill-fated
  • ill-starred
  • infelicitous
  • jinx
  • jinxed
  • loser
  • luckless
  • miserable
  • omen
  • poor fish
  • portent
  • pox
  • sad sack
  • snakebit
  • spell
  • star-crossed
  • unhappy
  • unlucky
  • untoward
  • voodoo
  • voodooed
  • whammy
  • woeful
  • wretched

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