Synonyms of conjuring

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noun

1

as in witchcraft

the power to control natural forces through supernatural means

his attempts at conjuring demonstrated the vanity of human wishes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• witchcraft
• sorcery
• magic
• wizardry
• mojo
• necromancy
• thaumaturgy
• enchantment
• witchery
• devilry
• voodooism
• bewitchment
• diablerie
• talisman
• divination
• divining
• conjuration
• incantation
• alchemy
• bewitchery
• spell
• glamour
• amulet
• ensorcellment
• forecasting
• predicting
• curse
• spiritualism
• charm
• abracadabra
• soothsaying
• fetish
• phylactery
• foretelling
• foreseeing
• fortune-telling
• jinx
• mascot
• prophesying
• exorcism
• occultism
• omen
• crystal gazing
• sortilege
• hoodoo
• augury
• presaging
• prognosticating
• periapt
• augur
• hex
• foreknowing
• hexerei

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• science

2

as in magic

the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment

she's so good at conjuring that she's a much-sought-after entertainer at children's parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• magic
• deception
• sleight of hand
• legerdemain
• prestidigitation
• hocus-pocus
• trickery
• deceptiveness

conjuring

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adjective

as in enchanting

Related Words

• enchanting
• bewitching
• charming
• enchanted
• wondrous
• magic
• spellbound
• sublime
• extraordinary
• stupendous
• astonishing
• miraculous
• bewitched
• wiling
• predicting
• astounding
• numinous
• amazing
• magical
• portentous
• divining
• marvelous
• awesome
• mystic
• stunning
• forecasting
• occult
• metaphysical
• foreseeing
• fortune-telling
• foretelling
• soothsaying
• presaging
• weird
• fabulous
• prophesying
• unearthly
• prognosticating
• preternatural
• paranormal
• supernormal
• foreknowing

Dissimilar Words

• ordinary
• usual
• prosaic
• normal
• commonplace
• routine
• everyday
• unremarkable
• workaday
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill

conjuring

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verb

present participle of conjure

as in begging

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begging
• petitioning
• praying
• asking
• entreating
• imploring
• beseeching
• appealing (to)
• supplicating
• invoking
• pleading (to)
• soliciting
• requiring
• besieging
• importuning
• impetrating
• calling on
• requesting
• suing
• compelling
• desiring
• cadging
• forcing
• coercing
• insisting
• sponging
• bludging
• demanding
• claiming
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• implying
• suggesting
• intimating
• hinting
• gratifying
• pleasing
• satisfying
• appeasing
• obliging
• comforting
• pacifying
• conciliating
• placating
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• mollifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conjuring

Noun

Therefore, in my mind, homemade desserts were magic only grandmothers were capable of conjuring. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Everyone here has been brought by Vernon, really, by mystical conjuring if not literal invitation, the rock star as co-author. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Sure, the Oscar-winning makeup helps transform the actor into Cheney, but the voice and petulance are all Bale, whose conjuring of this scoundrel ought to trigger PTSD for anyone who survived the Dubya years. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026

In Pilkington’s conjuring, liberalism was a potent ideology that arose against monarchy and aristocracy and sought to rationalize social and political relationships. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

But for all of the multiplex-friendly fun Wright’s conjuring with this over-the-top spin on dystopian sci-fi blockbusters, the prevailing feeling here is dread. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025

This is the cursed object that shows up at the Smurls, though the actual conjuring mirror – long a mainstay in the Warrens' Occult Museum, alongside the infamous Annabelle – was obtained from a man in New Jersey. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025

Verb

The cultural demons a 34-year-old playwright was conjuring a century ago rise up as dark reflections for our own. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Painter Sasha Gordon reckons with these depths and contradictions by conjuring realms where all facets of being can exist, unguarded and exposed. — Chanel Miller, Time, 30 Sep. 2026

But the chances of that conjuring a trade for a starting-caliber star are practically nil. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Milestones evoking 2007 tend to make investors squeamish, conjuring up unpleasant memories of the financial crisis that engulfed global markets in 2008. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

But even as she and Tabitha are drawn into such dalliances and then bruised by them, the movie is less interested in passing judgment than in conjuring the freshman thrill of being young, curious and unguarded. — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

The magic is indeed missing, and after two seasons of conjuring up postseason greatness, these back-to-reality Dodgers appear headed for an early fall. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Despite its mere 92-minute runtime, its shadowy, eye-catching tableaus extend for lengthy stretches without conjuring much meaning — or at least, without meaning appropriate to its characters’ sprawling, novelistic dialogue. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

After nearly three decades, Practical Magic 2 had a tall order to fill in conjuring the same magic as the original 1998 adaptation of the Alice Hoffman book. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026