call to arms

The phrase “call to arms” has 3 syllables: call to arms

It's pronounced as /kɔːl tuː ɑːrmz/


What is synonym and antonym for call to arms?

In the thesaurus, “call to arms” has 18 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for call to arms along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for call to arms

  • bid to combat
  • call
  • call-up
  • convening
  • convocation
  • gauntlet
  • glove
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • mobilization
  • mobilize
  • muster
  • mustering
  • open hostilities
  • rally
  • rallying
  • summons
  • take up arms

Example Sentences

  • The general issued a call to arms as the enemy forces approached our borders.
  • In times of crisis, communities often respond with a call to arms to aid those in need.
  • The impassioned speech by the leader served as a powerful call to arms for social justice reform.
  • The organization issued a call to arms for volunteers to assist with disaster relief efforts.
  • The revolutionary manifesto served as a call to arms for those seeking political change.

On this page you'll find 18 synonyms or another words to call to arms, such as: bid to combat, call, call-up, convening, convocation, gauntlet, glove.

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

Related Words

call-up

  • accept
  • actify
  • activate
  • actuate
  • admit
  • admonish
  • advise
  • aggregation
  • allotment
  • animate
  • anticipate
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • arouse
  • arrange
  • assemblage
  • assemble
  • assembly
  • assign
  • assignment
  • attract
  • augment
  • awaken
  • bear in mind
  • become student
  • bethink
  • better
  • bring back to
  • bring to mind
  • brood over
  • build up
  • buzz
  • call
  • call attention
  • call of duty
  • call to arms
  • call to mind
  • call together
  • call-up
  • catalyze
  • caution
  • charge
  • choose
  • circulate
  • cite
  • collect
  • collection
  • come to one
  • commemorate
  • company
  • conceive of
  • congeries
  • congregate
  • congress
  • conjure up
  • conscribe
  • conscript
  • conscription
  • contact
  • convene
  • convening
  • convocation
  • convoke
  • create
  • crowd
  • deliver
  • demand
  • dial
  • dig into the past
  • divine
  • draft
  • dragoon
  • dream up
  • drive
  • dwell upon
  • educe
  • elicit
  • embody
  • emphasize
  • employ
  • energize
  • engage
  • enlist
  • enrol
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  • enshrine
  • enter
  • enter into
  • envisage
  • envision
  • equip
  • evoke
  • exact
  • extort
  • extract
  • fancy
  • feature
  • fill up
  • find human resources
  • fix in the mind
  • flash
  • flash on
  • foresee
  • gain
  • gather
  • get
  • get back to
  • get on the horn
  • get on the line
  • get ready
  • get someone on the horn
  • get the picture
  • give a call
  • give a cue
  • give a jingle
  • give a ring
  • go back
  • group
  • hark back
  • have memories
  • head count
  • hint
  • hire
  • hitch
  • hold dear
  • image
  • imagine
  • impel
  • imply
  • impress
  • impressment
  • improve
  • incorporate
  • indite
  • induct
  • induction
  • initiate
  • inscribe
  • interest
  • intimate
  • join
  • join up
  • keep forever
  • know by heart
  • lay on
  • learn
  • letter from Uncle Sam
  • levy
  • line up
  • list
  • live in the past
  • look back
  • lottery
  • make a call
  • make one remember
  • make one think
  • make ready
  • marshal
  • marshaling
  • marshall
  • marshalling
  • matriculate
  • meet
  • meeting
  • memorialize
  • memorize
  • mention
  • mind
  • mobilization
  • mobilize
  • motivate
  • move
  • muse over
  • muster
  • mustering
  • nail down
  • nail it down
  • nose count
  • note
  • object
  • oblige
  • obtain
  • order
  • organize
  • phone
  • pick up
  • picture
  • place
  • point out
  • prepare
  • press
  • press into service
  • procure
  • prod
  • prompt
  • propel
  • proselytize
  • put a call through
  • put in mind
  • put in motion
  • put on
  • raise
  • rally
  • rallying
  • ready
  • reanimate
  • recall
  • recognize
  • recollect
  • record
  • recoup
  • recover
  • recruit
  • recruiting
  • recuperate
  • reestablish
  • reflect
  • refresh
  • refresh memory
  • regain
  • register
  • registration
  • reinforce
  • reinstate
  • reintroduce
  • relive
  • remember
  • remind
  • reminisce
  • rendezvous
  • renew
  • repair
  • replenish
  • repossess
  • reserve
  • restore
  • retain
  • retrieve
  • retrospect
  • review
  • revive
  • revoke
  • ring
  • ring a bell
  • ring up
  • roll
  • roll call
  • roster
  • round up
  • roundup
  • rouse
  • secure
  • see
  • select
  • selection
  • selective service
  • serve
  • set
  • set in motion
  • set off
  • sign on
  • sign up
  • start
  • stimulate
  • stir
  • stir up
  • store up
  • strengthen
  • stress
  • strike a note
  • subscribe
  • suggest
  • summon
  • summon up
  • summons
  • supply
  • switch on
  • take course
  • take in
  • take on
  • take out of mothballs
  • tax
  • think
  • think back
  • think of
  • touch base with
  • treasure
  • trigger
  • turn on
  • view
  • vision
  • volunteer
  • waken
  • warn
  • win over
  • wrest
  • wring

rally

  • activate
  • arouse
  • arrange
  • assemblage
  • assemble
  • assembly
  • awaken
  • banter
  • bestir
  • bond together
  • bounce back
  • brace up
  • bring to order
  • bring together
  • call
  • call to arms
  • call-up
  • celebration
  • chaff
  • challenge
  • charge
  • clambake
  • collect
  • come about
  • come along
  • come around
  • come back
  • come from behind
  • come round
  • come to
  • come to order
  • come together
  • comeback
  • conference
  • congress
  • convalesce
  • convalescence
  • convene
  • convening
  • convention
  • convocation
  • council
  • counterattack
  • counterdemonstration
  • counterprotest
  • counterrally
  • demo
  • demonstration
  • encourage
  • enliven
  • fire
  • fool
  • fun
  • gag
  • gain
  • gather
  • gathering
  • get act together
  • get back in shape
  • get better
  • get second wind
  • get-together
  • goof on
  • group
  • grow stronger
  • heal
  • healing
  • improve
  • improvement
  • inspirit
  • invigorate
  • jape
  • jest
  • jive
  • joke
  • jolly
  • josh
  • kid
  • kindle
  • line up
  • make a comeback
  • march
  • marshal
  • marshaling
  • marshall
  • marshalling
  • mass meeting
  • meet
  • mend
  • mending
  • mobilization
  • mobilize
  • muster
  • mustering
  • order
  • organize
  • pep rally
  • perk up
  • pick up
  • protest
  • pull round
  • pull through
  • quip
  • rallying
  • razz
  • reanimate
  • reassemble
  • rebound
  • recoup
  • recover
  • recovery
  • recruit
  • recuperate
  • recuperation
  • redouble
  • reform
  • refresh
  • regain strength
  • regroup
  • rehab
  • rehabilitation
  • rejuvenate
  • renew
  • renewal
  • restore
  • resurgence
  • resurrect
  • resuscitate
  • resuscitation
  • revitalize
  • revival
  • revive
  • rib
  • ride
  • roast
  • round up
  • rouse
  • session
  • shape up
  • sit-down
  • sit-in
  • snap back
  • snap out of it
  • snapback
  • stage a comeback
  • strike
  • string along
  • summon
  • summons
  • surge
  • survival
  • survive
  • take the mickey out of
  • tease
  • turn around
  • turn things around
  • turning point
  • urge
  • wake
  • waken
  • whet
  • wisecrack
  • wreak havoc
  • yuck
  • yuk

rallying

  • activating
  • affective
  • ambulatory
  • arousing
  • arranging
  • awakening
  • baiting
  • bandying
  • bantering
  • breathless
  • call
  • call to arms
  • call-up
  • chaffing
  • collecting
  • coming around
  • coming back
  • coming round
  • coming to
  • contemptuous
  • convalescing
  • convening
  • convocation
  • deriding
  • derisive
  • derisory
  • discharged
  • disdainful
  • dismissed
  • dynamic
  • eloquent
  • emotional
  • emotive
  • expressive
  • facund
  • far-out
  • felt in gut
  • fooling
  • funning
  • gagging
  • gaining
  • gaining strength
  • getting better
  • getting over something
  • getting well
  • goofing on
  • grabbed by
  • gripping
  • grouping
  • hairy
  • hassling
  • healing
  • heartbreaking
  • heartrending
  • heckling
  • impelling
  • impressive
  • improving
  • inspirational
  • inspiring
  • japing
  • jeering
  • jesting
  • jiving
  • joking
  • jollying
  • joshing
  • kidding
  • lining up
  • making a comeback
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • meaningful
  • mending
  • mind-bending
  • mind-blowing
  • mobilization
  • mobilizing
  • mocking
  • motivating
  • muster
  • mustering
  • needling
  • on the mend
  • ordering
  • organizing
  • past crisis
  • perked up
  • persuasive
  • picking up
  • poignant
  • propelling
  • provoking
  • pulling round
  • pulling through
  • quickening
  • quipping
  • quizzical
  • rally
  • razzing
  • reanimating
  • rebounding
  • recouping
  • recovering
  • recruiting
  • recuperating
  • rejuvenated
  • rejuvenating
  • released
  • restored
  • revitalizing
  • reviving
  • ribbing
  • ridiculing
  • riding
  • roasting
  • rounding up
  • rousing
  • sarcastic
  • scornful
  • significant
  • snapping back
  • staging a comeback
  • stimulating
  • stimulative
  • stirring
  • strengthening
  • stringing along
  • stunning
  • summoning
  • summons
  • surviving
  • taking the mickey out of
  • taunting
  • teasing
  • touching
  • turned on by
  • wisecracking
  • yucking
  • yukking

war cry

  • banner
  • banzai
  • battle cry
  • call to arms
  • catchphrase
  • catchword
  • cliche
  • cry
  • expression
  • idiom
  • maxim
  • motto
  • rallying cry
  • rebel yell
  • shibboleth
  • slogan
  • tagline
  • war dance
  • war song
  • war whoop
  • watchword

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