Synonyms of conjuration

conjuration

noun

ˌkän-ju̇-ˈrā-shən 

1

as in spell

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

the preposterous claim that he could raise the spirits of the dead with a mystical conjuration

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in appeal

an earnest request

a conjuration for divine guidance during a time of national crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeal
• prayer
• plea
• petition
• desire
• pleading
• solicitation
• adjuration
• supplication
• cry
• entreaty
• application
• suit
• suppliance
• demand
• call
• requisition
• insistence
• claim

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conjuration

Most of the recipients dismissed the composer as a crank, but a few were spellbound by his transcendentalist conjurations, and a cult began to grow. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

Theater is a more symbolic space, a conjuration of lights and plywood, which offered Comer a kind of freedom. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023

King pointed me to his conjuration of Haures, Duke of Hell and commander of thirty-six legions, known better as the Egyptian deity Horus. — Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022