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Synonyms of call in English:
call
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See UK English definition of call
See Spanish definition of llamada
verb
1‘‘Wait for me!’ she called’
SYNONYMS
cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech
exclaim
informal holler, yoo-hoo, cooee
rare ejaculate, vociferate
2‘I got so tired, Mum had to call me at least three times every morning’
SYNONYMS
wake up, wake, awaken, waken, rouse
informal give someone a shout
British informal knock up
3‘I'll call you tomorrow’
SYNONYMS
phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach
British ring up, ring, give someone a ring
informal call up, give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz
British informal give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to
North American informal get someone on the horn
4‘you'd better call the doctor’
SYNONYMS
summon, send for, ask for
order
page
5‘he called at Ashgrove Cottage on his way home’
SYNONYMS
pay a visit to, pay a brief visit to, visit, pay a call on, look in on
British call in on
informal drop in on, drop by, stop by, pop into
6‘the prime minister called a meeting of senior cabinet ministers’
SYNONYMS
convene, summon, call together, order, assemble
arrange, arrange a date for, arrange a time for
announce, declare
formal convoke
7‘they called their daughter Hannah’
SYNONYMS
name
christen, baptize
designate, style, term, dub, label, entitle
archaic clepe
rare denominate
answer to the name of, go by the name of
8‘he's the only person I would call a friend’
SYNONYMS
describe as, regard as, look on as, consider to be, judge to be, think of as, class as, categorize as
noun
1‘I heard calls of ‘Come on Steve’ from the auditorium’
SYNONYMS
cry, shout, yell, whoop, roar, scream, shriek
exclamation
informal holler
rare vociferation
2‘the call of the water rail’
SYNONYMS
cry, song, sound
3‘I'll give you a call tomorrow’
SYNONYMS
phone call, telephone call
British ring
informal buzz
British informal bell, tinkle
4‘later that day, he paid a call on Harold Shoesmith’
SYNONYMS
visit, social call
5‘the President issued a call for party unity’
SYNONYMS
appeal, request, plea, entreaty
demand, order, command
6‘the last call for passengers on flight BA701’
SYNONYMS
summons, request
7‘there's no call for that kind of language’
SYNONYMS
need, necessity, occasion, reason, justification, grounds, excuse, pretext
cause
8‘there's no call for expensive wine here’
SYNONYMS
demand, desire, want, requirement, need
market
9‘walkers can't resist the call of the Cairngorms’
SYNONYMS
attraction, appeal, lure, allure, allurement, fascination, seductiveness
magic, beauty, spell, pull, draw
Phrases
- call for
1‘desperate times call for desperate measures’
SYNONYMS
require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand
be grounds for, justify, warrant, be a justification for, be a reason for
involve, entail
2‘I'll call for you around seven’
SYNONYMS
pick up, collect, fetch, come to get, go to get, come for
1‘Roland called me up at the crack of dawn’
SYNONYMS
phone, telephone, call, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make a call to, place a call to, get, reach
British ring up, ring, give someone a ring
informal give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz
British informal give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to
North American informal get someone on the horn
2‘they have called up more than 20,000 reservists’
SYNONYMS
enlist, recruit, sign up
conscript
US draft
3‘he was called up for England's final Test at the Oval’
SYNONYMS
select, pick, choose
British cap
informal give someone the nod
1‘the still lifes call to mind Cézanne's works’
SYNONYMS
evoke, put one in mind of, recall, bring to mind, call up, summon up, conjure up
echo, allude to
2‘I cannot call to mind where I have seen you’
SYNONYMS
remember, recall, recollect, think
Scottish mind
archaic bethink oneself of
‘the smell brings to mind past similar experiences’
SYNONYMS
remind one of, cause one to remember, make one think of, cause one to remember, put one in mind of, take one back to, bring to mind, call to mind, awake one's memories of, evoke, call up, conjure up, summon up
‘directors call the shots and nothing happens on set without their say-so’
SYNONYMS
be in charge, be in control, be in command, be the boss, be at the helm, be in the driving seat, be at the wheel, be in the saddle, pull the strings, hold the purse strings
informal run the show, rule the roost
British informal wear the trousers
‘one of the team will be on call around the clock’
SYNONYMS
on duty, on standby, standing by, ready, available
1‘I thought I might call on her later today’
SYNONYMS
visit, pay a visit to, pay a call on, go and see, look in on
North American visit with, go see
informal look up, drop in on, pop in on
2‘he called on the government to hold a plebiscite’
SYNONYMS
appeal to, ask, request, apply to, petition
urge
beg, implore, entreat, beseech, plead with
3‘we are able to call on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise’
SYNONYMS
have recourse to, avail oneself of, turn to, draw on, look to, make use of, use, utilize, bring into play
‘the safety of milk was never really called into question’
SYNONYMS
doubt, distrust, mistrust, suspect, lack confidence in, have doubts about, be suspicious of, have suspicions about, have misgivings about, feel uneasy about, feel apprehensive about, cast doubt on, query, question, challenge, dispute, have reservations about
archaic misdoubt
ANTONYMS
trust
‘the proposed tour to Australia was called off’
SYNONYMS
cancel, abandon, shelve, scrap, drop, mothball
informal axe, scrub, scratch, nix
North American informal redline
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