Synonyms and Antonyms of abracadabra
- originally, an abracadabra was a cryptogram of the word "abracadabra" that was repeated in diminishing form until it disappeared entirely—supposedly just like the targeted evil or misfortune
bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamour (also glamor), hex, incantation, invocation, spell, whammy
cantrip [chiefly Scottish], curse, jinx
bewitchery, conjuring, magic, mojo, necromancy, sorcery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry
- after some abracadabra the spiritualist announced that we had made contact with "the other side"