ENCHANTMENTS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

enchantments

noun

plural of enchantment

as in spells

a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power entertained the children with stories about magic potions and enchantments

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as in magics

the power to control natural forces through supernatural means there are people even today who claim to be skilled in enchantment

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sciences

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Recent Examples of enchantments Bagehot and other upholders of depoliticizing enchantments could not have imagined a scenario in which Andrew, once second in line for the throne, and Larry Summers, a former Ivy League president hailed as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, are caught up in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. —

Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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The alteration was discovered in a copy of the Book of the Dead (a tome filled with spells meant to aid the dead in their passage to the afterlife) that is believed to have been commissioned for a royal archive supervisor named Rambose.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 Mar. 2026
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Douglas Luiz – two signings that were influenced by Edu – saw their loan spells terminated early, while Arnaud Kalimuendo was farmed out to Eintracht Frankfurt on loan, after failing to impress Dyche.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026