magic spell

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   a verbal formula believed to have magical force

   “he whispered a spell as he moved his hands”

   “inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese”

   Synonymsspellmagical spellcharm

   Broaderspeech

   Narrowerincantationhex

Questions about magic spell

What does magic spell mean?

magic spell means "a verbal formula believed to have magical force".

What is another word for magic spell?

Close synonyms include spell, magical spell, charm. 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 magic spell a common word?

magic spell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.