Synonyms for invocation
Most common
conjuring incantation conjuration conjury supplication imprecation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Incantation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.
the invocation of papers or evidence into court
- n. 2
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
- n. 3
An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
Related words
- Word family
- invoke
- Phrases
- remote method invocation
Forms
- Plural
- invocations → incantations, conjurations, conjurings, conjuries…
Example sentences
- conjuring My son has gotten quite good at conjuring up excuses for not going to school.
- incantation Tom uttered a Latin incantation and was suddenly in Boston.
- supplication She clasped her hands together in supplication.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| invocation | rising | |
| conjuring | rising | |
| incantation | rising | |
| conjuration | rising | |
| conjury | steady | |
| supplication | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- call1, suit1
- 6 letters
- appeal2, prayer1, orison
- 7 letters
- summons2, conjury
- 8 letters
- petition3, citation3, entreaty3
- 9 letters
- conjuring3
- 11 letters
- incantation4, conjuration, imprecation
- 12 letters
- supplication
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (appeal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- invocation
- Italiano
- invocazione