Synonyms of invocation

invocation

noun

ˌin-və-ˈkā-shən 

as in spell

a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power

a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spell
• incantation
• curse
• conjuration
• glamour
• enchantment
• sorcery
• abracadabra
• bewitchment
• charm
• whammy
• hex
• magic
• witchcraft
• voodoo
• necromancy
• wizardry
• jinx
• talisman
• cantrip
• amulet
• conjuring
• witchery
• voodooism
• mojo
• fetish
• bewitchery
• phylactery

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invocation

After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026

Her fiddling is a looser, freer, more accessible type of memorialization—less a notation than an invocation, a summoning of her homeland’s spirit. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Yet office work expanded, as recent invocations of the Jevons paradox rightly note. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 30 May 2026

His alarming invocation of slavery in the context of artificial intelligence is a deliberate moral framing meant to force recognition of how power can become normalized when it is embedded in systems that appear efficient, invisible and economically indispensable. — Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2026