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

4 senses of hoodoo

Sense 1
hoodoo -- ((geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo")
       => column, tower, pillar -- (anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite")

Sense 2
hoodoo -- (a practitioner of voodoo)
       => priest, non-Christian priest -- (a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion)
       => voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism -- (a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities)

Sense 3
juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich -- (a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers)
       => charm, good luck charm -- (something believed to bring good luck)

Sense 4
hoodoo -- (something believed to bring bad luck)
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hoodoo

1 sense of hoodoo

Sense 1
hoodoo -- (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")