call out

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

It's pronounced as /kɔːl aʊt/

What is synonym and antonym for call out?

In the thesaurus, “call out” has 135 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for call out

accost
amass
announce
arouse
ask for
ask for trouble
assemble
assert
babble
bawl
bay
beard
beep
bellow
betray
blab
blurt
brave
buck
burst out
burst out with
call
call aloud
call for
call in
call the name of
call up
challenge
cheer
claim
clamor
collect
come out with
confront
contest
convene
convoke
cross
cross swords
cry
cry out
dare
declare
defy
demand
denounce
disclose
dispute
divulge
do something about it
emit
exact
exclaim
face down
face off
face the music
face-off
figure
fly in the face of
gather
give away
go eyeball to eyeball with
go one on one with
go toe to toe with
go up against
group
hang in
holler
hunt for
impeach
impose
impugn
inquire
insist upon
investigate
invite competition
invite to debate
jabber
knell
leak
let on
let out
let slip
let the cat out of the bag
make a point of
make a stand
meet face to face
muster
object to
preconize
proclaim
provoke
query
question
raise voice
rally
reassemble
reclaim
reconvene
rend the air
require
reveal
roar
round up
run off at the mouth
say loudly
scream
screech
search out
seek
send for
shout
shriek
spill the beans
spout
squall
squawk
stand up to
start something
state
stick it out
stimulate
summon
tax
test
throw down the gauntlet
try
utter
vindicate
vociferate
whoop
yammer
yap
yawp
yell

Antonyms for call out

agreement
answer
be quiet
break up
calm
conceal
decision
deny
dissolve
dodge
hide
ignore
keep quiet
refrain
refuse
reject
secrete
victory
whimper

Meanings of call out

verb
1. To specify, especially in detail.
2. To order into service; to summon into service.
3. To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
4. To challenge, criticize, denounce.
5. (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) To contact one's workplace and announce that one is unable to attend work. Regionalism short for call out sick; much more commonly: call in sick.
noun
1. (communication) An outgoing telephone call.
2. An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
3. (graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
4. A summons to someone designated as being on call.
5. A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
6. An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
7. The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.

Example Sentences

During the meeting, she had to call out several times to get everyone's attention.
The referee had to call out a penalty for the foul committed by the player.
She decided to call out her coworker for taking credit for her work.
The teacher encouraged students to call out if they had any questions during the lecture.
As the fire spread, residents began to call out for help from emergency services.

On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call out, such as: accost, agreement, amass, announce, answer, arouse, ask for.

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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

call in

abjure
amass
annul
apply
argue
arouse
ask
ask advice of
assemble
be closeted with
beckon
beep
bid
brainstorm
buy back
buy off
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call back
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call into action
call out
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cash
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change
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cite
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come together
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cover
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effect
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motion
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open
order
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petition
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recant
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ring
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rouse
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send for
settle
sign
signal
sit
subpoena
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take in
talk over
toll
toss ideas around
trade in
treat
turn to
unite
unsay
use
win back
withdraw

hail

acclaim
accost
accredit
acknowledge
address
adulate
applaud
approve
ask
assemble
avalanche
ballyhoo
barrage
batter
be a native of
be born in
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beckon
begin
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bid
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blitzkrieg
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bombardment
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glut
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hearing
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kudize
laud
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order
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outflow
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overmuch
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requisition
ring
river
root for
rush
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shoulder
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tide
torrent
tout
volley
volume
wave down
welcome
whistle
whistle down
whistle for
yawp
yoo-hoo

hang in

abide
accept
accommodate
accost
accustom
acknowledge
adamant
adhere
advance
allow
anticipate
arouse
ask for
aspire
assert
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attend
await
barely exist
be
be big
be big about
be determined
be patient with
be prepared for
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be resolved
be stubborn
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be true to
bear
bear the brunt
bear up
bear up under
bear with
beard
believe
bide
bound
bound and determined
brave
breathe
brook
buck
bunk
call for
call out
carry on
carry over
cherish
claim
clasp
cleave to
clutch
cohere
concede
confront
consent
contain
contemplate
continue
cope
cope with
count on
countenance
cross
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dead set on
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defy
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demand
denounce
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desire
determined
digest
dispute
dogged
draw out
dwell
eat
eke out a living
eke out an existence
embrace
encounter
endure
establish oneself
exact
exist
expect
experience
extend
face
face down
face off
face the music
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fare
fasten
feel
feel confident
ferocious
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fly in the face of
foresee
forge ahead
freeze to
get along
get by
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give access
go
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go for broke
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go on
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go through
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go up against
grasp
grim
grin and bear it
grip
gut it out
hack
halt
hang
hang about
hang around
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hang on
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hear of
hold
hold fast
hold on
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hold the fort
hold the phone
hold up
hope
hover
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implacable
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impugn
inexorable
inflexible
inhuman
inquire
insist upon
investigate
invite competition
just make it
keep at
keep driving
keep fingers crossed
keep going
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keep up
knock on wood
know
lag
last
leave no stone unturned
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live
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look at sunny side
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mortal
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nest
never cease
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pitiless
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rely
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ride
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take
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take it
take it lying down
take it on the chin
take patiently
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tolerate
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try
unappeasable
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vindicate
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weather
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withstand