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callnoun a natural vocal sound made by an animala ranger who could immediately identify the call of every creature in the forest cry, note bark, bay, bellow, blat, bleat, bray, cackle, calling, caterwaul, caw, cheep, chirp, cluck, coo, crake, croak, crow, grunt, honk, hoot, howl, low, meow(also miaow), mew, moo, neigh, oink, peep, quack, roar, screech, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, trumpet, tu-whit tu-whoo, twitter, whinny, yap, yelp, yip, yowl a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasonswe paid a call on the new neighbors the day after they moved in visit, visitation drop-in, stopoverget-together, meeting, rendezvous, tryst a communication by telephonegive me a call as soon as you arrive, so I'll know you got there safely an act or instance of asking for informationput out a call for background information about the suspect inquiry, query, question, request interrogatorypoll, questionnaire, surveyinquisition, interrogating, interrogation, questioningexamination, exploration, inquest, investigation, probe, probing, research, study answer, reply, response an entitlement to somethingyou have no call to insult people claim, dibs, pretense(or pretence), pretension, right birthright, prerogative, titlefavor, privilegerefusal disclaimer, quitclaim, release, waiver a position arrived at after considerationI told you my preference for a cruise destination, but it's your call award, conclusion, decision, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, judgment(or judgement), opinion, resolution, verdict behest, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, edict, instruction, mandate, order, wordlast word, say-soadjudication, disposition, doom, finding, ruling, sentencechoice, option, selectionconsensusbelief, conviction, eye, feeling, mind, notion, persuasion, sentiment, view deadlock, draw, halt, stalemate, standoff, tie the state of being sought after especially for purchasethere's not much call for woodstoves in this part of the country callverbto speak so as to be heard at a distancewe could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler, hollo(or halloo also hallo), roar, shout, sound off, thunder, vociferate, yell crow, whoopscream, screech, shriek, shrill, squeak, squealcaterwaul, howl, ululate, wail, yawp(or yaup), yowlhailspeak out, speak up breathe, mumble, murmur, mutter, whisper to make a telephone call touse this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency to make a brief visitthe hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call come by, come over, drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (over), run in, step in, stop (by or in), visit barge (in)look up, seebop (into), happen (by)frequent, hang (at), haunt, resort (to) to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)the game was called on account of rain abandon, abort, call off, cancel, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write offrecant, retract, take back, withdrawcountermand, reverse, roll backbreak off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminatehold back, interrupt, suspendgive up, relinquish, surrender continue, keep engage, pledge, promisebegin, commence, initiate, starttake on, take up, undertake to think of in a particular wayI wouldn't quite call that cheating, but it's not entirely ethical either account, consider, count, esteem, hold, look (on or upon), rate, reckon, regard, set down, view believe, deem, feel, sense, thinkconceive, fancy, imagine take for to utter one's distinctive animal soundthe dog called whenever it flushed a quail to bring together in assembly by or as if by commandcalled all the night workers in for a meeting assemble, convene, convoke, muster, summon rallycall in, call out, call up, knellamass, collect, gather, group, round upreassemble, reconvene break up, dissolve to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurementlet's call that five feet for now, and we'll measure it out later calculate, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge(also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, suppose conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand calibrate, measure, scalecompute, work out to demand or request the presence or service ofrushed to call a tow truck operator when the car broke down hail, summon cite, subpoenaassemble, call out, call up, convene, convoke, musterask, bid, invitecommand, order, request, requisitionbeckon, demand, invokebuzz, knell, page, ring, whistle send for dismiss, send (away), turn awaybanish, boot (out), cast out, drum (out), eject, expel, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out)(chiefly British) to give a name towe've decided to call the kitten "Molly" baptize, christen, clepe(archaic), denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, nominate, style, term, title brand, stigmatize, tagdenote, specifymiscall, misname, mistitlecode-name, nicknamerechristen, relabel, renamesurname to request the doing of by virtue of one's authoritythe union president is refusing to call a strike command, decree, dictate, direct, mandate, ordain, order ask, petition, requestdemand, require call for cancel, countermand, rescind to tell of or describe beforehandsomehow the political pundit called the race results within a mere percentage point augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate alert, caution, forewarn, warnbode, forebode(also forbode), portend, promiseanticipate, divine, foreknow, foreseeannounce, declare, herald, proclaim describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell v.summon, call, cite, convoke, convene, muster mean to demand the presence of.summon implies the exercise of authority.was summoned to answer charges call may be used less formally for summon.called the legislature into special session cite implies a summoning to court usually to answer a charge.cited for drunken driving convoke implies a summons to assemble for deliberative or legislative purposes.convoked a Vatican council convene is somewhat less formal than convoke.convened the students muster suggests a calling up of a number of things that form a group in order that they may be exhibited, displayed, or utilized as a whole.mustered the troops before the 12th century |