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

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, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2023