Synonyms of invocations

invocations

noun

plural of invocation

as in spells

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invocations

Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end. — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 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

Yet office work expanded, as recent invocations of the Jevons paradox rightly note. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 30 May 2026

Such rhetoric echoes in official statements as well — in prayers for destruction, in invocations of divine sanction for war and in casual references to catastrophic violence. — Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

Some of these invocations align with Hegseth’s recurring references to the Crusades in the Middle Ages – a centuries-long holy war between Christians and Muslims. — Samuel Perry, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026

As his invocations crescendoed, so did the music behind him and the Legacy Mass Choir broke into a rousing gospel performance to start the homegoing services. — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026

Full prompt traces, model outputs, tool invocations, permission scopes and alerts for unusual patterns are essential. — Nirmal Jingar, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026