call-up

The word “call-up” has 2 syllables: call-up

It's pronounced as /ˈkɔːl ʌp/


What is synonym and antonym for call-up?

In the thesaurus, “call-up” has 297 synonyms and 84 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for 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
  • enroll
  • 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

Antonyms for call-up

  • arrest
  • avoid
  • break
  • break up
  • calm
  • cancel
  • check
  • damage
  • deactivate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • demob
  • demobilize
  • deny
  • destroy
  • deteriorate
  • diminish
  • disapprove
  • disarrange
  • disband
  • disbelieve
  • discharge
  • discourage
  • dismiss
  • disorder
  • disorganize
  • disperse
  • displace
  • dispute
  • disregard
  • disrupt
  • dissolve
  • dissuade
  • disturb
  • divide
  • division
  • dodge
  • eject
  • end
  • erase
  • exclude
  • exonerate
  • expel
  • fire
  • forfeit
  • forget
  • give
  • halt
  • hold back
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • kill
  • lay off
  • leave
  • let go
  • lose
  • miss
  • misunderstand
  • muster out
  • neglect
  • oust
  • pass
  • refrain
  • refuse
  • reject
  • remove
  • repel
  • repress
  • restore
  • retard
  • ruin
  • scatter
  • separate
  • separation
  • shun
  • slow
  • stop
  • throw away
  • unfasten
  • veto
  • waste
  • weaken
  • withdraw
  • worsen

Meanings of call-up

  • noun
    1. An order to report for military service.

Example Sentences

  • The military announced a sudden call-up of reservists to bolster its forces.
  • His outstanding performance in the minor leagues earned him a call-up to the major league team.
  • During the crisis, there was a call-up of medical professionals to assist in overwhelmed hospitals.
  • The company's expansion plans prompted a call-up of additional staff to meet the increased demand.
  • The coach made a surprise call-up of a young player for the upcoming championship match.

On this page you'll find 381 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call-up, such as: accept, actify, activate, actuate, admit, admonish, advise.

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Related Words

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

calls to arms

rallies

  • activates
  • arranges
  • assemblies
  • banters
  • call-ups
  • calls
  • calls to arms
  • chaffs
  • collects
  • comes around
  • comes back
  • comes round
  • comes to
  • conferences
  • congresses
  • convalesces
  • convenes
  • conventions
  • convocations
  • councils
  • counter-demonstrations
  • counter-protests
  • counter-rallies
  • counterdemonstrations
  • counterprotests
  • counterrallies
  • demonstrations
  • demos
  • fools
  • funs
  • gags
  • gains
  • gatherings
  • goofs on
  • groups
  • heals
  • improves
  • japes
  • jests
  • jives
  • jokes
  • jollies
  • joshes
  • kids
  • lines up
  • makes a comeback
  • marches
  • marshalls
  • marshals
  • mends
  • mobilizations
  • mobilizes
  • musters
  • orders
  • organizes
  • picks up
  • protests
  • pulls round
  • pulls through
  • quips
  • rallyings
  • razzes
  • reanimates
  • rebounds
  • recoups
  • recovers
  • recruits
  • recuperates
  • revitalizes
  • revives
  • ribs
  • rides
  • roasts
  • rounds up
  • sit-downs
  • sit-ins
  • snaps back
  • stages a comeback
  • strikes
  • strings along
  • summons
  • summonses
  • survives
  • takes the mickey out of
  • teases
  • wisecracks
  • yucks
  • yuks

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

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