spell

Main Entry:
spell [spel]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interval, period
Synonyms: bit, bout, course, go, hitch, interlude, intermission, patch, relay, season, shift, space, stint, streak, stretch, term, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, while
Main Entry: spell
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: seizure
Synonyms: access, attack, fit, illness, jag, paroxysm, spasm, stroke, throe, turn
Main Entry: spell
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mean, imply
Synonyms: add up to, amount to, augur, connote, denote, express, herald, import, indicate, intend, orthographize, point to, portend, presage, promise, signify, suggest
Main Entry: spell
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give rest, relief
Synonyms: allow, breathe, free, lay off, lie by, release, relieve, stand in for, take over, take the place of
Antonyms: abuse, run ragged, use
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Spell.
Category: 4. Acts of religion
Synonyms:
-nouns
spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum., talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion., wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.
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Main Entry: abracadabra
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: magic word
Synonyms: hocus-pocus, incantation, invocation, mumbo jumbo, open sesame, spell
Main Entry: attack
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sudden dysfunction or disorder
Synonyms: access, ailment, bout, breakdown, convulsion, disease, failure, fit, illness, paroxysm, relapse, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke, throe
Antonyms: health
Main Entry: bewitch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: charm
Synonyms: allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow*
Antonyms: disenchant, disgust, turn off
Main Entry: bit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: short period of time
Synonyms: instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while
Notes: a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer
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