Call
Ring them up
Call centers on using the voice to get attention or communicate across distance.
You call someone's name, call for help, call out an answer.
A phone call connects voices remotely; to call someone is to phone them.
A call can be a summons: jury duty, the call of the wild, a calling as vocation.
Birds and animals have distinctive calls.
To call something is to name or describe it: I call that rude.
A referee's call is a judgment; to call it is to make a decision: It's your call.
In card games, to call is to match a bet.
A call can be a brief visit: The doctor made a house call.
To call off is to cancel.
To call on someone is to ask them to speak or act.
Signal to approach
- summonCall to appear
- conveneFormally gather together
- gatherBring or come together
- assembleJoin parts together
muster · request · invite · subpoena · jury · duty · witness · meeting
Reproductive pairing behavior
- songMusical piece with words
- chirpShort, high avian sound
- howlProlonged mournful cry
- crowLarge black corvid
caw · hoot · warble · whistle · mimic · lure · decoy · bugle
Available course of action
- putPlace in position
- marginEdge of a page
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- demandForceful request or requirement
collect · bond · callable · premium · strike · exercise · expiration · trader
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- umpireSports match official
- verdictOfficial court decision
decision · close · bad · tough · questionable · overturned · replay · challenge
Closed curve shape
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- answerSolution to query
- voicemailRecorded caller messages
- hangupPersistent psychological preoccupation
missed · incoming · outgoing · receiver · landline · cellphone · speakerphone · hold
beckon
Signal to approach
assemble · muster · request · invite · subpoena · jury · duty · witness · meeting · order
yell
Speak very loudly
shout · bellow · summon · hail · beckon · exclaim · announce · alert · wakeup · attention
mating
Reproductive pairing behavior
crow · caw · hoot · warble · whistle · mimic · lure · decoy · bugle · elk
option
Available course of action
demand · collect · bond · callable · premium · strike · exercise · expiration · trader · portfolio
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
verdict · decision · close · bad · tough · questionable · overturned · replay · challenge · fair
ring
Closed curve shape
hangup · missed · incoming · outgoing · receiver · landline · cellphone · speakerphone · hold · disconnect
name
Identifying word for someone
dub · nickname · term · christen · address · refer · describe · brand · classify · identify
stop
Cease all motion
rounds · lookin · courtesy · social · professional · doctor · salesman · doorstep · neighbor · uninvited
- phone callRemote voice conversation
- call meRequest for phone contact
- call offWithdraw from happening
- close callDisaster narrowly averted
- called offStopped before happening
- call outPublicly confront or summon
calls, called, calling, caller, callers, callback, callbacks, recall, recalls