Synonyms of incantations

incantations

noun

plural of incantation

as in spells

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

hovering over the sick child, the witch doctor muttered mysterious incantations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spells
• invocations
• curses
• conjurations
• enchantments
• sorceries
• magics
• glamours
• charms
• abracadabras
• whammies
• bewitchments
• cantrips
• hexes
• witchcrafts
• jinxes
• amulets
• talismans
• witcheries
• voodoos
• phylacteries
• necromancies
• wizardries
• fetishes
• mojos
• voodooisms
• bewitcheries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incantations

Halloween Horror Nights fans will encounter demonic forces when Book of the Dead incantations are read aloud inside the newest Evil Dead haunted house coming to Universal Studios Hollywood. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 July 2026

Circe is able, by means of drugs and incantations, to change humans into wolves, lions, and other animals. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026

As prospective farmers struggled to clear forests for rice fields in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Malaya, their efforts might have been accompanied by mystical incantations like this invocation against Iblis, the Devil in Islamic tradition. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2026

Where ancient midwives had summoned divine assistance by uttering incantations, medieval maternity caregivers called upon saintly mothers by reciting rhythmical charms. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Justin, the believer, is instantly alarmed by how these eerie tapes escalate from cute banter to ghostly crying babies and backward incantations. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026

There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025

Magic, the process of changing reality to your will through incantations, is done in this realm. — Helen A. Berger, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023