call to account

The phrase “call to account” has 4 syllables: call to ac-count

It's pronounced as /kɔːl tə əˈkaʊnt/


What is synonym and antonym for call to account?

In the thesaurus, “call to account” has 40 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for call to account

  • admonish
  • bawl out
  • belittle
  • berate
  • blame
  • bring to account
  • cast a stone at
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chew out
  • condemn
  • criticize
  • cut up
  • denounce
  • deprecate
  • depreciate
  • disparage
  • dress down
  • flay
  • gibbet
  • hold accountable
  • hold responsible
  • jaw
  • keelhaul
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lecture
  • objurgate
  • punish
  • rag
  • rate
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprove
  • scold
  • score
  • tell off
  • upbraid

Antonyms for call to account

Example Sentences

  • In the board meeting, the CEO demanded to call to account all departments for the budget discrepancies.
  • It's time to call to account those responsible for the environmental degradation in our community.
  • The shareholders are eager to call to account the company's management for the recent drop in stock value.
  • The government officials faced intense scrutiny as the opposition party sought to call to account their handling of the crisis.
  • As citizens, we must ensure to call to account our elected representatives for their actions in office.

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call to account, such as: acclaim, admonish, applaud, approve, bawl out, belittle, berate.

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

Related Words

impeach

  • accuse
  • appeal
  • arraign
  • blame
  • book
  • bring charges against
  • call in question
  • call into question
  • call to account
  • cast aspersions
  • cast doubt on
  • castigate
  • censure
  • challenge
  • charge
  • chide
  • cite
  • combat
  • condemn
  • contest
  • criminate
  • criticize
  • damn
  • defame
  • denounce
  • discredit
  • disparage
  • dispute
  • doubt
  • fault
  • fight
  • frame
  • hold at fault
  • implicate
  • impugn
  • incriminate
  • inculpate
  • indict
  • mistrust
  • name
  • oppose
  • oppugn
  • prosecute
  • protest
  • query
  • question
  • rebuke
  • recriminate
  • report
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobate
  • reprove
  • resist
  • retaliate
  • sue
  • summon
  • tax
  • try

objurgate

  • admonish
  • bawl out
  • belittle
  • berate
  • bring to account
  • call to account
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chew out
  • chide
  • condemn
  • criticize
  • cut up
  • denounce
  • deprecate
  • depreciate
  • disparage
  • dress down
  • flay
  • gibbet
  • give one hell
  • jaw
  • jump all over
  • keelhaul
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lecture
  • punish
  • rag
  • rake over the coals
  • rate
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprove
  • scold
  • score
  • tell off
  • upbraid

rebuke

  • abuse
  • admonish
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • affliction
  • assail
  • attack
  • bad-mouth
  • baste
  • bawl out
  • bawling-out
  • belittle
  • belittlement
  • berate
  • berating
  • blame
  • blast
  • bring to account
  • business
  • call down
  • call on the carpet
  • call to account
  • carp on
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastise
  • chastisement
  • chew out
  • chewing-out
  • chide
  • chiding
  • climb all over
  • comeuppance
  • commination
  • condemn
  • condemnation
  • correction
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • crucify
  • cut up
  • damnation
  • denounce
  • denunciation
  • deprecate
  • deprecation
  • depreciate
  • depreciation
  • deride
  • devil
  • dis
  • disapproval
  • disparage
  • disparagement
  • diss
  • dress down
  • dressing-down
  • earful
  • excoriate
  • excoriation
  • expostulation
  • fault
  • flay
  • fry
  • get after
  • get on
  • gibbet
  • give a talking-to
  • go after
  • going-over
  • hammer
  • harangue
  • hard time
  • jaw
  • jawbone
  • jump on
  • keelhaul
  • kick in the teeth
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay into
  • lean on
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • minimize
  • mock
  • monish
  • objurgate
  • objurgation
  • oppose
  • ostracism
  • pan
  • pay
  • punish
  • punishment
  • put down
  • rag
  • rake
  • rap
  • rate
  • rating
  • read
  • rebuff
  • refusal
  • remonstrance
  • reprehend
  • reprehension
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • reproval
  • reprove
  • repulse
  • revile
  • ridicule
  • riot act
  • rip
  • row
  • scoff
  • scold
  • scolding
  • score
  • scorn
  • scourge
  • sit on
  • slam
  • slap in the face
  • snub
  • sound off
  • stricture
  • take to task
  • talking-to
  • tear apart
  • tell off
  • telling-off
  • tick off
  • tongue-lash
  • tongue-lashing
  • upbraid
  • upbraiding
  • vituperate
  • zap

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