call upon

The phrase “call upon” has 3 syllables: call up-on

It's pronounced as /kɔːl əˈpɒn/


What is synonym and antonym for call upon?

In the thesaurus, “call upon” has 307 synonyms and 114 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for call upon

  • acquaint
  • adjure
  • administer
  • admonish
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • announce
  • appeal
  • apply
  • appoint
  • apprise
  • arouse
  • ask
  • ask alms
  • assemble
  • assert oneself
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bank on
  • bar
  • beckon
  • beep
  • beg
  • benefit
  • beseech
  • besiege
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bite
  • blow in
  • bludge
  • boss
  • brace
  • break the news
  • bum
  • burn
  • buzz
  • cadge
  • calculate
  • call
  • call back
  • call for
  • call forth
  • call in
  • call into action
  • call on
  • call the shots
  • call the signals
  • call together
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • cause
  • caution
  • challenge
  • charge
  • charm
  • check
  • chisel
  • cite
  • claim
  • clamor for
  • clue in
  • coerce
  • come by
  • come over
  • command
  • commit
  • compel
  • concert
  • conduct
  • confess
  • confide
  • conjure
  • constrain
  • contest
  • convene
  • convoke
  • counsel
  • count
  • crave
  • debar
  • declare
  • decree
  • demand
  • depend
  • designate
  • desire
  • dictate
  • dime up
  • direct
  • disburse
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • dominate
  • draft
  • draw on
  • egg on
  • enact
  • enchant
  • encourage
  • engage in
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • ensorcell
  • entail
  • entrance
  • entreat
  • entrust
  • exact
  • execute
  • exorcise
  • expect
  • explain
  • express
  • fascinate
  • figure on
  • fill in
  • forbid
  • force
  • force upon
  • forewarn
  • freeload
  • gather
  • give directions
  • give facts
  • give orders
  • give out
  • go and see
  • goad
  • govern
  • grant
  • guide
  • hail
  • handle
  • head
  • hit up
  • hold down
  • hustle
  • impart
  • impetrate
  • implore
  • importune
  • impose
  • incite
  • inflict
  • influence
  • inform
  • inhibit
  • insist
  • insist upon
  • instruct
  • interdict
  • intrust
  • invite
  • invoke
  • involve
  • keep posted
  • knock
  • lay down the law
  • lay open
  • leak
  • lean
  • leave word
  • let in on
  • let know
  • let slip
  • level
  • levitate
  • live hand to mouth
  • look for
  • look in on
  • look to
  • look up
  • maintain
  • make known
  • manipulate
  • mark out
  • mendicate
  • mention
  • minister
  • mobilize
  • mooch
  • motion
  • muster
  • nick
  • nickel up
  • notify
  • obligate
  • oblige
  • officiate
  • open up
  • operate
  • ordain
  • order
  • ordinate
  • oversee
  • panhandle
  • pass the hat
  • persuade
  • petition
  • pilot
  • play tricks
  • plead
  • ply
  • pop in
  • postulate
  • pray
  • preach
  • prescribe
  • preside
  • press
  • pressure
  • prick
  • proclaim
  • prod
  • prohibit
  • prompt
  • propel
  • propose
  • proposition
  • push for
  • put before
  • put foot down
  • put in for
  • put the bite on
  • put the touch on
  • question
  • raise
  • rally
  • recall
  • recite
  • reckon
  • reel off
  • refer
  • regulate
  • rely
  • report
  • represent
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • resort to
  • restrain
  • reveal
  • ring
  • rouse
  • rule
  • rule out
  • run
  • run the show
  • run-in
  • say
  • score
  • scrounge
  • seek
  • send for
  • set
  • sign
  • signal
  • solicit
  • solicit charity
  • speak
  • spit it out
  • sponge
  • sponge on
  • spur
  • stand on
  • state
  • steer
  • stimulate
  • stop
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • strike
  • submit
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • suggest
  • summon
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • supplicate
  • take
  • take care of
  • take charge
  • take over
  • take the helm
  • take the lead
  • tap
  • task
  • tell
  • toll
  • touch
  • train
  • trust
  • turn up
  • urge
  • use
  • utter
  • voodoo
  • want
  • warn
  • watch
  • watch over
  • wield

Antonyms for call upon

  • aid
  • allow
  • answer
  • appease
  • approve
  • ask
  • assist
  • be quiet
  • bumble
  • calm
  • cancel
  • claim
  • coerce
  • comfort
  • command
  • compel
  • conceal
  • conciliate
  • console
  • constrain
  • content
  • contradict
  • countermand
  • deceive
  • deny
  • deter
  • disallow
  • disavow
  • disclaim
  • discourage
  • disenchant
  • disgust
  • disinvite
  • dislike
  • dismiss
  • disperse
  • dissuade
  • distrust
  • divide
  • estimate
  • fail
  • figure
  • follow
  • force
  • forget
  • free
  • give
  • gratify
  • guess
  • have
  • help
  • hide
  • hinder
  • hint
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • imply
  • insist
  • intimate
  • keep
  • keep secret
  • leave
  • leave alone
  • let off
  • liberate
  • listen
  • lose
  • mislead
  • mismanage
  • miss
  • mistrust
  • misunderstand
  • mollify
  • neglect
  • not want
  • obey
  • oblige
  • offer
  • oppose
  • pacify
  • permit
  • placate
  • please
  • prevent
  • question
  • quiet
  • recall
  • refuse
  • reject
  • renounce
  • repel
  • reply
  • repudiate
  • repulse
  • require
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • satisfy
  • scatter
  • secrete
  • send away
  • separate
  • serve
  • stop
  • suggest
  • suppress
  • surrender
  • suspect
  • tell
  • turn away
  • veto
  • withhold
  • yield

Example Sentences

  • During the ceremony, the speaker will call upon the guests to share their memories of the honoree.
  • In times of need, communities often call upon their members to lend a helping hand.
  • The teacher will call upon each student to present their research findings to the class.
  • As leaders, we must be ready to call upon our strengths to navigate challenging situations.
  • The organization will call upon its network of volunteers to assist with the upcoming event.

On this page you'll find 421 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call upon, such as: acquaint, adjure, administer, admonish, advance, advise, advocate.

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Related Words

bank on

  • assume
  • be sure about
  • believe in
  • bet on
  • build on
  • calculate
  • call on
  • call upon
  • commit
  • confide
  • count
  • count on
  • depend
  • entrust
  • figure on
  • gamble on
  • intrust
  • lean
  • lean on
  • look to
  • reckon
  • reckon on
  • rely
  • rely on
  • stake
  • stand on
  • trust
  • venture
  • wager

calculate

  • accomplish
  • account
  • achieve
  • add
  • add up
  • adjust
  • aim
  • allow
  • anticipate
  • appraise
  • arrange
  • aspire
  • assay
  • assess
  • assume
  • attempt
  • average
  • bank on
  • blueprint
  • budget
  • build
  • calibrate
  • call
  • call on
  • call upon
  • cast
  • chart
  • choreograph
  • cipher
  • commit
  • compute
  • concert
  • conclude
  • confide
  • conjecture
  • consider
  • conspire
  • contemplate
  • contrive
  • count
  • count on
  • debate
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • depend
  • depend on
  • design
  • determine
  • devise
  • divide
  • dope out
  • draft
  • dream
  • effect
  • endeavor
  • entrust
  • enumerate
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • execute
  • extrapolate
  • figure
  • figure in
  • figure on
  • figure out
  • forecast
  • foretell
  • frame
  • gage
  • gather
  • gauge
  • get up
  • go
  • guess
  • have on
  • hope
  • infer
  • intend
  • intrigue
  • intrust
  • itemize
  • judge
  • keep tabs
  • lay out
  • lean
  • look
  • look to
  • machinate
  • make
  • mean
  • measure
  • meditate
  • multiply
  • number
  • organize
  • outline
  • perform
  • place
  • plan
  • plot
  • ponder
  • premeditate
  • prepare
  • project
  • propose
  • purport
  • purpose
  • put
  • put up
  • rate
  • reason
  • recalculate
  • reckon
  • recompute
  • refigure
  • rely
  • rely on
  • scale
  • scheme
  • shape
  • size up
  • sketch
  • stand on
  • strive
  • struggle
  • subtract
  • sum
  • suppose
  • take account of
  • tally
  • think likely
  • tot
  • total
  • totalize
  • tote up
  • trust
  • try
  • understand
  • value
  • weigh
  • wish
  • work out

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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