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Synonyms for conjure

Most common

invoke evoke bring up engender entreat beseech imagine conspire

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

3. Imagine — to imagine or picture in the mind

imagine, visualize, visualise UK, envisage, picture

4. Conspire

conspire, cabal, machinate, complot dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To imagine or picture in the mind.

  2. v. 2

    To perform magic tricks.

    He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.

  3. v. 3

    To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

  4. v. 4

    To evoke.

Related words

Word family
conjurer
Phrases
conjure up

Forms

Past participle
conjured
e.g. conjured → invoked, evoked, engendered, aroused…

Example sentences

  • invoke How do we invoke a response from the computer?
  • evoke Black and white films evoke a sense of nostalgia.
  • arouse Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.
  • press Press the red button if something strange happens.
  • bid And bid her farewell, the Alexandria you're losing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
conjurerising
invokerising
evokerising
arousefalling
engenderrising
presssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bid1, beg1
4 letters
pray1, stir1
5 letters
press1, raise1, plead1, crave1, evoke2, cabal2
6 letters
summon2, invoke2, juggle2, arouse2, adjure, obtest
7 letters
picture2, imagine3, provoke2, solicit3, implore2, beseech2, enchant2, entreat, complot, bespell, enspell
8 letters
conspire3, envisage3, engender3, ensorcel
9 letters
visualize3, visualise, importune, machinate, ensorcell
10 letters
supplicate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evoke2 = 2 syllables).