conjure up

1. 1.

   summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

   “raise the specter of unemployment”

   “he conjured wild birds in the air”

   “call down the spirits from the mountain”

   Synonymsraiseconjureinvokeevokestircall downarousebring upput forwardcall forth

   Broadercall up

   Narrowercursebless

Questions about conjure up

What does conjure up mean?

conjure up means "summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic".

What is another word for conjure up?

Close synonyms include raise, conjure, 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 up a common word?

conjure up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.