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call - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yelled statement |
| Synonyms: | alarm, calling, command, cry, hail, holler*, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yawp, yell, ahoy, all hail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell declaration |
| Synonyms: | announce, arouse, awaken, bawl, bellow, cry, exclaim, hail, holler*, hoot, howl, proclaim, roar, rouse, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate, whoop, yawp*, yowl, cry out, waken, yoo hoo |
| Antonyms: | conceal, listen, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand, announcement |
| Synonyms: | appeal, bidding, command, invitation, notice, order, plea, proposal, request, subpoena, summons, supplication, visit, solicitation |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange meeting |
| Synonyms: | ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, rally, request, subpoena, summon, telephone, phone, ring up |
| Antonyms: | cancel, stop |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, cause for action |
| Synonyms: | claim, excuse, grounds, justification, necessity, obligation, occasion, reason, right, urge |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entitle |
| Synonyms: | address, baptize, christen, designate, dub, label, name, style, term, title, denominate, describe as |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal sound of animal |
| Synonyms: | cheep, chirp, cry, note, peep, roar, shriek, song, tweet, twitter, warble |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand or announce action |
| Synonyms: | appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, elect, entreat, exact, ordain, order, postulate, proclaim, require, requisition, solicit, summon, appeal to, pray to, set apart |
| Antonyms: | stop |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, consider |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, approximate, augur, forecast, foretell, guess, judge, place, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, put, reckon, regard, think, make rough guess, vaticinate |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to communicate by telephone |
| Synonyms: | beep, blast*, buzz, contact, ring, telephone, bleep, get back to, phone |
| Antonyms: | receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit at residence or business |
| Synonyms: | come by, crash, drop in, hit, look up, play, run in, see, come over, drop by, fall by, fall down, look in on, pop in*, stop by, stop in, swing by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, warm, whet, whip up, work up, fire up, heat up, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine*, rouse, stimulate, turn out*, vivify, wake, pile out*, roll out*, show a leg, stir up |
| Antonyms: | deaden, hypnotize, go to sleep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baptize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate in church rite |
| Synonyms: | admit, call, christen, cleanse, dip, dub, entitle, immerse, name, purify, regenerate, sprinkle, term, title, asperse, besprinkle, denominate |
| Main Entry: | beep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call for electronically |
| Synonyms: | call, page, summon, warn, track down |
| Main Entry: | bellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | holler |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp, beller |
| Main Entry: | chirp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peep, cheep |
| Synonyms: | call, chip, chipper, lilt, pipe, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweet, twitter, warble, chirrup, purl, tweedle |
| Main Entry: | christen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | named in religious rite |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bless, call, dedicate, designate, dub, entitle, immerse, sprinkle, style, term, title, asperse, denominate, godparent |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum, counterclaim, postulation, protestation |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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