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call

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CALL

to speak so as to be heard at a distance <we could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall>

Synonyms bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler, hollo (or halloo also hallo), roar, shout, sound off, thunder, vociferate, yell

Related Words crow, whoop; scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal; caterwaul, howl, ululate, wail, yawp (or yaup), yowl; hail; speak out, speak up

Near Antonyms breathe, mumble, murmur, mutter, whisper

to make a telephone call to <use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency>

Synonyms dial, phone, ring (up) [chiefly British], telephone

Related Words beep, buzz; call in; cold-call

to make a brief visit <the hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call>

Synonyms come by, come over, drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (over), run in, step in, stop (by or in), visit

Related Words barge (in); look up, see; bop (into), happen (by); frequent, hang (at), haunt, resort (to)

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) <the game was called on account of rain>

Synonyms abandon, abort, call, call off, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub

Near Antonyms engage, pledge, promise; begin, commence, initiate, start; take on, take up, undertake

Antonyms continue, keep

to think of in a particular way <I wouldn't quite call that cheating, but it's not entirely ethical either>

Synonyms account, call, count, esteem, hold, look (on or upon), rate, reckon, regard, set down, view

Related Words believe, deem, feel, sense, think; conceive, fancy, imagine

to utter one's distinctive animal sound <the dog called whenever it flushed a quail>

Synonyms call, sing

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command <called all the night workers in for a meeting>

Synonyms assemble, call, convene, muster, summon

Related Words rally; call in, call out, call up, knell; amass, collect, gather, group, round up; reassemble, reconvene

Near Antonyms break up, dissolve

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement <let's call that five feet for now, and we'll measure it out later>

Synonyms calculate, call, conjecture, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, suppose

Related Words conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand

Near Antonyms calibrate, measure, scale; compute, work out

to demand or request the presence or service of <rushed to call a repairman when the furnace broke>

Synonyms call, hail

Related Words cite, subpoena; assemble, call out, call up, convene, convoke, muster; ask, bid, invite; command, order, request, requisition; beckon, demand, invoke; buzz, knell, page, ring, whistle

Near Antonyms dismiss, send (away), turn away; banish, boot (out), cast out, drum (out), eject, expel, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British]

to give a name to <we've decided to call the kitten “Molly”>

Synonyms baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, nominate, style, term, title

Related Words brand, stigmatize, tag; denote, specify; miscall, misname, mistitle; code-name, nickname; rechristen, relabel, rename; surname

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority <the union president is refusing to call a strike>

Synonyms call, decree, dictate, direct, mandate, ordain, order

Related Words ask, petition, request; demand, require

Near Antonyms cancel, countermand, rescind

to tell of or describe beforehand <somehow the political pundit called the race results within a mere percentage point>

Synonyms augur, call, forecast, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate

Related Words alert, caution, forewarn, warn; bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee; announce, declare, herald, proclaim

Near Antonyms describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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