call
The word “call” has 1 syllable: call.
It's pronounced as /kɔːl/.
What is synonym and antonym for call?
In the thesaurus, “call” has 78 synonyms and 25 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for call along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for call
- abandon
- abort
- address
- announce
- appeal
- appoint
- ask
- bark
- calculate
- calling
- cancel
- charge
- claim
- conclusion
- consider
- contact
- count
- cry
- decision
- declare
- demand
- denominate
- designate
- determination
- dial
- dub
- entitle
- estimate
- figure
- guess
- hail
- howl
- inquiry
- invitation
- invite
- label
- make
- market
- message
- muster
- name
- nickname
- nominate
- note
- opinion
- order
- phone
- place
- play
- plea
- predict
- proposal
- put
- query
- question
- read
- reason
- regard
- request
- require
- revoke
- right
- roar
- scrap
- see
- shout
- signal
- style
- summon
- suppose
- telephone
- term
- title
- verdict
- view
- visit
- visitation
- yell
Antonyms for call
- answer
- breathe
- cancel
- continue
- deadlock
- describe
- disclaimer
- dismiss
- dissolve
- draw
- halt
- keep
- measure
- murmur
- relate
- release
- reply
- report
- rescind
- response
- tell
- tie
- turn away
- waiver
- whisper
Meanings of call
- noun
- A telephone conversation.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A cry or shout.
- A decision or judgement.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
- The act of calling to the other batsman.
- The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.).
- A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
- The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- Vocation; employment; calling.
- A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- (prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- verb
- (heading) To use one's voice.
- (heading) To visit.
- (heading) To name, identify or describe.
- (heading) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
- (sometimes with for) To require, demand.
- To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- To demand repayment of a loan.
- To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
Example Sentences
- Call me when you're ready to leave for the airport.
- She made a conference call to discuss the project with her team.
- It's important to call emergency services if you witness an accident.
- Please call your mother to let her know you'll be home late.
- The teacher will call each student's name during roll call.
On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call, such as: abandon, abort, address, announce, answer, appeal, appoint.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- apologetically
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abnormally
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- exceedingly
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- exclusively
- extraordinarily
- extremely
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- individually
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- notably
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- remarkably
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- startlingly
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- surprisingly
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- variously
about
- across
- almost
- approximately
- around
- aroused
- astir
- at
- aware
- back
- backwards
- beside
- by
- concerning
- everywhere
- here and there
- near
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- regarding
- roughly
- say
- through
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absolutely
- actually
- categorically
- certainly
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- quite
- really
- surely
- thoroughly
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- unconditionally
- unquestionably
- utterly
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abusively
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- inhumanely
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- mercilessly
- ruthlessly
- savagely
- tyrannically
- unmercifully
- viciously