call for

The phrase “call for” has 2 syllables: call for

It's pronounced as /kɔːl fɔːr/


What is synonym and antonym for call for?

In the thesaurus, “call for” has 54 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for call for along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for call for

  • ask
  • ask for
  • badger
  • bear
  • beg
  • bespeak
  • call
  • challenge
  • charter
  • claim
  • command
  • commission
  • decree
  • demand
  • desire
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dun
  • enjoin
  • entail
  • exact
  • harass
  • hire
  • hound
  • importune
  • impose
  • inquire
  • insist
  • invite
  • invoke
  • involve
  • lack
  • licence
  • license
  • mandate
  • necessitate
  • need
  • occasion
  • ordain
  • order
  • petition
  • press
  • quest
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • seek
  • solicit
  • stipulate
  • suggest
  • take
  • urge
  • want
  • warrant

Antonyms for call for

  • cancel
  • countermand
  • dislike
  • give up
  • have
  • hold
  • own
  • possess
  • relinquish
  • rescind
  • surrender
  • yield

Meanings of call for

  • verb
    1. To shout out in order to summon (a person).
    2. To ask for in a loud voice.
    3. To request, demand.
    4. To necessitate, demand.
    5. To stop at a place and ask for (someone).

Example Sentences

  • The situation may call for immediate action.
  • His speech will likely call for unity among the divided factions.
  • The protest march aims to call for justice and accountability.
  • The recipe will call for specific ingredients to achieve the desired flavor.
  • In times of crisis, leaders must often call for calm and cooperation.

On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call for, such as: ask, ask for, badger, bear, beg, bespeak, call.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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  • abandon
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • account
  • address
  • adjudication
  • adumbrate
  • ahoy
  • alarm
  • alert
  • all hail
  • amass
  • announce
  • annul
  • anticipate
  • appeal
  • appeal to
  • appoint
  • approximate
  • arouse
  • ask
  • assemble
  • augur
  • awaken
  • award
  • baptize
  • bark
  • bawl
  • bay
  • bear market
  • beckon
  • beep
  • behest
  • belief
  • believe
  • bellow
  • bid
  • bidding
  • birthright
  • blast
  • blat
  • bleat
  • bleep
  • bode
  • brand
  • bray
  • break off
  • bull market
  • buzz
  • cackle
  • calculate
  • call for
  • call in
  • call off
  • call out
  • call up
  • callback
  • calling
  • cancel
  • caterwaul
  • caution
  • caw
  • challenge
  • charge
  • cheep
  • chirp
  • choice
  • christen
  • cite
  • claim
  • clepe
  • cluck
  • code-name
  • cold call
  • cold-call
  • collect
  • come by
  • come over
  • command
  • commandment
  • conceive
  • conclude
  • conclusion
  • conference call
  • conjecture
  • consensus
  • consider
  • contact
  • convene
  • conviction
  • convoke
  • coo
  • count
  • countermand
  • crake
  • crash
  • croak
  • crow
  • cry
  • cry off
  • cry out
  • decision
  • declare
  • decree
  • deduce
  • deem
  • deliverance
  • demand
  • denominate
  • denote
  • describe as
  • designate
  • determination
  • diagnosis
  • dial
  • dibs
  • dictate
  • direct
  • directive
  • discontinue
  • disposition
  • divine
  • doom
  • drop
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop-in
  • dub
  • edict
  • elect
  • end
  • entitle
  • entreat
  • esteem
  • estimate
  • exact
  • examination
  • exclaim
  • excuse
  • exploration
  • extrapolate
  • eye
  • fall by
  • fall down
  • fancy
  • favor
  • feel
  • feeling
  • figure
  • finding
  • forbode
  • forebode
  • forecast
  • foreknow
  • foresee
  • foretell
  • forewarn
  • frequent
  • gage
  • gather
  • gauge
  • get back to
  • get-together
  • give up
  • grounds
  • group
  • grunt
  • guess
  • hail
  • hallo
  • halloo
  • halt
  • haunt
  • herald
  • hit
  • hold
  • hold back
  • holler
  • hollo
  • honk
  • hoot
  • howl
  • imagine
  • infer
  • inquest
  • inquiry
  • inquisition
  • instruction
  • interrogating
  • interrogation
  • interrogatory
  • interrupt
  • invalidate
  • investigation
  • invitation
  • invite
  • invoke
  • judge
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • justification
  • knell
  • label
  • last word
  • look in on
  • look up
  • low
  • make
  • make rough guess
  • mandate
  • market
  • meeting
  • meow
  • message
  • mew
  • miaow
  • mind
  • miscall
  • misname
  • mistitle
  • moo
  • muster
  • name
  • necessity
  • neigh
  • nickname
  • nominate
  • note
  • notice
  • notion
  • nullify
  • obligation
  • occasion
  • oink
  • opinion
  • option
  • ordain
  • order
  • page
  • peep
  • persuasion
  • petition
  • phone
  • place
  • play
  • plea
  • poll
  • pop in
  • portend
  • postulate
  • pray to
  • predict
  • prerogative
  • presage
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretension
  • privilege
  • probe
  • probing
  • proclaim
  • prognosticate
  • promise
  • prophesy
  • proposal
  • put
  • quack
  • query
  • question
  • questioning
  • questionnaire
  • rally
  • rate
  • read
  • reason
  • reassemble
  • recall
  • recant
  • rechristen
  • reckon
  • reconvene
  • refusal
  • regard
  • relabel
  • relinquish
  • rename
  • rendezvous
  • repeal
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • rescind
  • research
  • resolution
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • right
  • ring
  • ring up
  • roar
  • roll back
  • round up
  • rouse
  • ruling
  • run in
  • run-in
  • say-so
  • scrap
  • scream
  • screech
  • scrub
  • see
  • selection
  • send for
  • sense
  • sentence
  • sentiment
  • set apart
  • set down
  • shout
  • shriek
  • shrill
  • signal
  • sing
  • solicit
  • solicitation
  • song
  • sound off
  • speak out
  • speak up
  • specify
  • squall
  • squawk
  • squeak
  • squeal
  • step in
  • stigmatize
  • stop
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • stopover
  • study
  • style
  • subpoena
  • summon
  • summons
  • supplication
  • suppose
  • surname
  • surrender
  • survey
  • suspend
  • swing by
  • tag
  • take back
  • take for
  • telephone
  • term
  • terminate
  • think
  • thunder
  • title
  • toll call
  • trumpet
  • tryst
  • tu-whit tu-whoo
  • tweet
  • twitter
  • ululate
  • understand
  • urge
  • vaticinate
  • verdict
  • view
  • visit
  • visitation
  • vociferate
  • voice mail
  • void
  • wail
  • waken
  • warble
  • warn
  • whinny
  • whistle
  • whoop
  • withdraw
  • word
  • write off
  • yap
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yip
  • yoo-hoo
  • yowl

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
  • accredit
  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • allure
  • annex
  • annihilate
  • answer
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • arrest
  • arrogate
  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
  • attend
  • attract
  • back
  • backlash
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
  • bear with
  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
  • better
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bide
  • bilk
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blow out
  • bomb
  • book
  • booty
  • borrow
  • bounty
  • brave
  • break
  • bring
  • bring off
  • brook
  • buck
  • bump off
  • bury
  • butcher
  • buy
  • call for
  • cap
  • capitulate
  • capture
  • carry
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • cart
  • carve out
  • catch
  • catching
  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
  • choose
  • claim
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clobber
  • clutch
  • collar
  • collect
  • collection
  • come down with
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commandeer
  • commission
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • con
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • confirm
  • confiscate
  • conquer
  • consider
  • contain
  • contract
  • control
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cop
  • countenance
  • counterreaction
  • counterresponse
  • cozen
  • crave
  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
  • crush
  • cull
  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
  • decimate
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
  • demand
  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
  • devour
  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
  • draw back
  • drink
  • drive
  • drub
  • dupe
  • earn
  • earnings
  • eat
  • eclipse
  • effect
  • elect
  • eliminate
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • end
  • endure
  • enfold
  • engage
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • enjoy
  • ensnare
  • entail
  • enter
  • enter upon
  • entertain
  • entrap
  • escort
  • espouse
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • exact
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • exercise
  • exert
  • expect
  • experience
  • expropriate
  • fail
  • fascinate
  • feed
  • feed on
  • feel
  • fell
  • fellowship
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • fiddle
  • field
  • filch
  • finance
  • finesse
  • finish
  • fit
  • fix
  • flatten
  • flimflam
  • flourish
  • follow
  • function
  • gain
  • gain possession
  • garner
  • gate
  • gather
  • gather up
  • get
  • get around
  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
  • go through
  • go with
  • grab
  • grasp
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gross
  • guide
  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang on to
  • hang tough
  • harbor
  • haul
  • haul in
  • have
  • have a grip on
  • have effect
  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
  • holding
  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
  • optate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
  • ration
  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
  • response
  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

call forth

  • activate
  • adjure
  • advise
  • aid
  • alert
  • animate
  • appeal to
  • argue into
  • arm-twist
  • arouse
  • ask
  • assemble
  • assist
  • attract
  • awaken
  • badger
  • bare
  • beckon
  • beep
  • beg
  • begin
  • beseech
  • bestir
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bite
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring around
  • bring down
  • bring forth
  • bring on
  • bring out
  • bring to light
  • bring up
  • build up
  • call
  • call back
  • call for
  • call in
  • call into action
  • call together
  • call upon
  • captivate
  • cause
  • challenge
  • charge
  • charm
  • cite
  • command
  • conjure
  • convene
  • convince
  • convoke
  • crave
  • derive
  • direct
  • disclose
  • discover
  • divulge
  • draft
  • drag
  • draw
  • draw forth
  • draw on
  • educe
  • egg on
  • electrify
  • elicit
  • enchant
  • engage
  • enjoin
  • enliven
  • enthuse
  • entice
  • entreat
  • evince
  • evoke
  • evolve
  • exact
  • excite
  • exhort
  • expose
  • extort
  • extract
  • fascinate
  • fetch
  • fire
  • fire up
  • gain
  • galvanize
  • gather
  • generate
  • get
  • give rise to
  • goad
  • hail
  • help
  • help out
  • hint
  • impel
  • implore
  • imply
  • importune
  • incite
  • indicate
  • induce
  • inflame
  • innervate
  • innerve
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • invite
  • invoke
  • jog
  • kindle
  • lead to
  • lure
  • magnetize
  • make
  • mention
  • milk
  • mobilize
  • motion
  • motivate
  • move
  • muster
  • obtain
  • occasion
  • order
  • persuade
  • petition
  • pique
  • plead
  • pray
  • precipitate
  • prick
  • prime
  • procure
  • prod
  • produce
  • promote
  • prompt
  • propel
  • propose
  • provoke
  • pull
  • put muscle on
  • put the arm on
  • quicken
  • raise
  • rally
  • rattle
  • recall
  • refresh
  • remind
  • request
  • reveal
  • revive
  • ring
  • rouse
  • roust
  • secure
  • send for
  • shake
  • shake down
  • sic
  • sign
  • signal
  • solicit
  • spur
  • squeeze
  • stimulate
  • stir
  • stir up
  • subpoena
  • suggest
  • summon
  • supplicate
  • suscitate
  • take
  • talk into
  • thrill
  • titillate
  • titivate
  • toll
  • uncloak
  • uncover
  • unmask
  • unveil
  • urge
  • vivify
  • waken
  • wangle
  • whet
  • wile
  • win over
  • wrest
  • wring

call in

  • abjure
  • amass
  • annul
  • apply
  • argue
  • arouse
  • ask
  • ask advice of
  • assemble
  • be closeted with
  • beckon
  • beep
  • bid
  • brainstorm
  • buy back
  • buy off
  • call
  • call back
  • call for
  • call forth
  • call into action
  • call out
  • call together
  • call up
  • call upon
  • cancel
  • cash
  • cash in
  • change
  • charge
  • cite
  • cogitate
  • collect
  • collogue
  • come together
  • command
  • commune
  • compare notes
  • confab
  • confabulate
  • congregate
  • conjure
  • consider
  • convene
  • convoke
  • corral
  • countermand
  • cover
  • debate
  • defray
  • deliberate
  • direct
  • discharge
  • discuss
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • disqualify
  • draft
  • draw on
  • effect
  • enforce
  • enjoin
  • examine
  • exchange
  • flap
  • forswear
  • gather
  • get back
  • get-together
  • group
  • groupthink
  • hail
  • have recourse to
  • hold meeting
  • huddle
  • implement
  • initiate
  • interrogate
  • interview
  • invite
  • invoke
  • kick ideas around
  • knell
  • lift
  • make good
  • mobilize
  • motion
  • muster
  • negotiate
  • nullify
  • open
  • order
  • palinode
  • parlay
  • pay off
  • petition
  • purchase
  • put heads together
  • question
  • rally
  • ransom
  • reassemble
  • recall
  • recant
  • recapture
  • reclaim
  • reconvene
  • recoup
  • refer to
  • regain
  • regard
  • reinstate
  • repay
  • repeal
  • replevin
  • replevy
  • repossess
  • repurchase
  • request
  • rescind
  • resort to
  • respect
  • restore
  • retract
  • retrieve
  • reverse
  • review
  • revoke
  • ring
  • round up
  • rouse
  • scare up
  • seek advice
  • seek opinion of
  • send for
  • settle
  • sign
  • signal
  • sit
  • subpoena
  • summon
  • suspend
  • take a meeting
  • take account of
  • take back
  • take counsel
  • take in
  • talk over
  • toll
  • toss ideas around
  • trade in
  • treat
  • turn to
  • unite
  • unsay
  • use
  • win back
  • withdraw

call on

  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • ask
  • ask alms
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bank on
  • bar
  • beckon
  • beg
  • begrudge
  • benefit
  • beseech
  • besiege
  • bid
  • bite
  • bludge
  • brace
  • bum
  • burn
  • buzz
  • cadge
  • calculate
  • call
  • call for
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • chat
  • check
  • chisel
  • cite
  • claim
  • clamor for
  • coerce
  • come around
  • come by
  • command
  • commit
  • compel
  • confide
  • conjure
  • contradict
  • contravene
  • controvert
  • converse
  • count
  • crash
  • curb
  • debar
  • demand
  • depend
  • desire
  • dictate
  • dime up
  • direct
  • disacknowledge
  • disallow
  • disavow
  • disbelieve
  • discard
  • disclaim
  • discredit
  • disown
  • disprove
  • doubt
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop over
  • dwell
  • enact
  • enjoin
  • enjoin from
  • entreat
  • entrust
  • eschew
  • exact
  • exclude
  • figure on
  • forbid
  • force
  • force upon
  • forgo
  • forsake
  • freeload
  • frequent
  • gainsay
  • give directions
  • give orders
  • go over to
  • go to see
  • grant
  • hit
  • hit up
  • hold back
  • hustle
  • impetrate
  • implore
  • importune
  • impose
  • inflict
  • inhibit
  • insist
  • inspect
  • instruct
  • interdict
  • intrust
  • invite
  • invoke
  • keep back
  • knock
  • lay down the law
  • lean
  • live hand to mouth
  • look around
  • look in on
  • look to
  • look up
  • mark out
  • mendicate
  • mooch
  • negate
  • negative
  • nick
  • nickel up
  • not buy
  • nullify
  • oblige
  • oppose
  • ordain
  • order
  • ordinate
  • panhandle
  • pass the hat
  • pay a call
  • pay a visit to
  • petition
  • play
  • pop in
  • pray
  • press
  • proclaim
  • prohibit
  • put foot down
  • put the bite on
  • put the touch on
  • rebuff
  • rebut
  • recant
  • reckon
  • refuse
  • refute
  • reject
  • rely
  • repudiate
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • reside
  • restrain
  • revoke
  • rule out
  • sacrifice
  • say no to
  • score
  • scrounge
  • see
  • send for
  • set
  • sojourn
  • solicit
  • solicit charity
  • sponge
  • sponge on
  • spurn
  • stand on
  • stay at
  • stay with
  • step in
  • stop by
  • stop off
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • summon
  • supplicate
  • swing by
  • taboo
  • take charge
  • take exception to
  • take in
  • take the lead
  • talk
  • tap
  • tarry
  • task
  • tell
  • touch
  • tour
  • trust
  • turn down
  • turn thumbs down
  • veto
  • want
  • warn
  • withhold

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