Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alchemy

2 senses of alchemy

Sense 1
chemistry, interpersonal chemistry, alchemy -- (the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together")
       => social relation -- (a relation between living organisms (especially between people))

Sense 2
alchemy -- (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)
       => pseudoscience -- (an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions)