conjure

Other forms of conjure

past tense

conjured·

present participle

conjuring·

third person

conjures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conjure

What does conjure mean?

conjure means "summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conjure?

conjure has 2 syllables: con-jure. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑndʒɚ/.

What is another word for conjure?

Close synonyms include raise, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conjure a common word?

conjure is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.