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| Main Entry: | called |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | named |
| Synonyms: | christened, labeled, termed |
| Main Entry: | called |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appointed |
| Synonyms: | chosen, named, selected |
| 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: | 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: | verb |
| Definition: | entitle |
| Synonyms: | address, baptize, christen, designate, dub, label, name, style, term, title, denominate, describe as |
| 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: | chosen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preferred |
| Synonyms: | called, conscript, elect, exclusive, named, pick, popular, preferential, select, selected, got the nod, pegged, picked, tabbed |
| Antonyms: | inferior, ignored |
| Main Entry: | nominated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | designated |
| Synonyms: | approved, called, named, proposed, suggested |
| Main Entry: | named |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | having as a name |
| Synonyms: | baptized, called, specified, appellated, christened, denominated, designated, dubbed*, entitled, labeled, tagged*, termed, titled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | named |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | chosen |
| Synonyms: | announced, appointed, approved, authorized, called, chosen, consecrated, declared, elected, favored, nominated, ordained, preferred, sanctioned, selected, supported, vested, anointed, assigned, certified, commissioned, decided upon, delegated, deputed, drafted, entrusted, opted, pegged, picked, settled on, tabbed |
| 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: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
| Synonyms: | approach, bespeak, call, discourse, discuss, greet, hail, lecture, orate, pitch, pontificate, spiel*, spout, stump*, talk, deliver speech, deliver talk, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, memorialize, root for, sermonize, take the floor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
| Synonyms: | advertise, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum*, impart, intimate, issue, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, state, tell, trumpet, annunciate, give out, make known, make public, pass the word, propound, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge, call upon, hit on, resort to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| 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: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bunch, call, capture*, collect, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gather, group, hang around*, huddle, lump, meet, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, summon, unite, bring together, bunch up, call together, come together, gang up*, hang out*, make the scene, meet up, scare up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become alert or cause to rise from sleep |
| Synonyms: | arise, awaken, call, get up, rouse, stir, wake, gain consciousness, roll out*, wake up |
| Antonyms: | sleep, go to sleep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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