| Main Entry: | abracadabra |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic word |
Synonyms: |
hocus-pocus, incantation, invocation, mumbo jumbo, open sesame, spell |
| Main Entry: | hex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse, spell |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, allure, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, double whammy, enchantment, evil eye, hexing, hocus-pocus, jinx, magic, magic spell, mumbo jumbo, sorcery, voodoo, whammy |
| Main Entry: | hocus-pocus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleight of hand |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, abracadabra, artifice, cant, chant, charm, cheating, chicanery, conjuring, deceit, deception, deception, delusion, flimflam, fraud, gibberish, gobbledegook, hoax, hocus, humbug, imposture, incantation, jargon, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic, magic words, monkey business, mumbo jumbo, mumbo jumbo, mummery, mystification, nonsense, occultism, open sesame, rigmarole, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, spell, swindle, trick, trickery |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | incantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell, magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, ala kazam, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo, necromancy, open sesame, rune, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | invocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prayer |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, appeal, beseeching, calling, command, conjuration, entreaty, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, mumbo jumbo, petition, rune, summons, supplication, voodoo |
| Main Entry: | jargon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specialized language; dialect |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, argot, balderdash, banality, bombast, bunk, buzzwords, cant, cliché, colloquialism, commonplace term, doublespeak, drivel, fustian, gibberish, hackneyed term, idiom, insipidity, lexicon, lingo, mumbo jumbo, neologism, newspeak, nonsense, overused term, palaver, parlance, patois, patter, rigmarole, shoptalk, slang, slanguage, speech, stale language, street talk, tongue, trite language, twaddle, usage, vernacular, vocabulary |
Antonyms: |
standard |
| Main Entry: | necromancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sorcery |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, black magic, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, mysticism, occultism, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | sorcery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic, witchcraft |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchery, witching, wizardry |
Antonyms: |
reality |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magical aura over an entity |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, allure, amulet, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchanting, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, glamour, hex, hexing, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, rune, sorcery, talisman, trance, voodoo, whack, whammy, witchery |
| Main Entry: | voodoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, jinx, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, obeah, obi, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry |