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

2 senses of obi

Sense 1
obeah, obi -- ((West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery)
       => cult -- (followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices)

Sense 2
obeah, obi -- (a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas)
       => cult, cultus, religious cult -- (a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin")