Synonyms of invocation

invocation

noun

ˌin-və-ˈkā-shən 

as in spell

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

a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invocation

Shot in only one day and clocking in around eight minutes, the final scene feels as much like a seance or invocation as a piece of drama. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer? — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026

Her fiddling is a looser, freer, more accessible type of memorialization—less a notation than an invocation, a summoning of her homeland’s spirit. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026