evoke

evoke is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To call out; to summon forth. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To call out; to summon forth.
2. transitive verb. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.
3. verb. call to mind

   "this remark evoked sadness"

   Synonyms: suggest

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

   "raise the specter of unemployment"

   "he conjured wild birds in the air"

   Synonyms: arouse, conjure, invoke, raise, stir

5. verb. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

   "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

   Synonyms: educe, elicit, extract

6. verb. evoke or provoke to appear or occur

   "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

   Synonyms: provoke

7. verb. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

   "arouse pity"

   "raise a smile"

   Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise

Synonyms

suggest, arouse, conjure, invoke, raise, stir, educe, elicit, extract, provoke, enkindle, fire, kindle

Common word forms

evoked, evoker, evokes, evoking

Words from these letters

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