- incantation
- n1. chant, chanting, invocation, conjuration, summoning; magic formula, hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo, magic word, abracadabra, open sesame; jinx, hex, adverse influence.2. spell, charm, rune, Scot. cantrip, enchantment, bewitchment, bedevilment; trance, hypnosis, hypnotism, mesmerism; fascination, rapture.3. magic, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry, wonderworking; necromancy, thaumaturgy, theurgy; black magic, black art, voodoo, hoodoo, obiism or obeahism; deviltry or devilry, demonology, demon-olatry, diabolism; supernaturalness, shamanism, mysticism, spiritualism, occultness, psychomancy, fetishism; ritual, rite, apotropaism, magical ceremony, voo-dooism, exorcism.4. wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, prolixness, verbiage, verbalism; diffuseness, profuseness, effusion, effusiveness, gushing; obfuscation, padding, redundancy, superfluous words, repetition.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.