contacted

Made a call

Contacted is the past tense of contact, meaning to get in touch with someone: I contacted her about the job opening.

The verb contact was once criticized as business jargon, but it's now standard.

You contact people by phone, email, or any other means of communication.

communicated

reached

Arrived at successfully

  • messagedSent written communication electronically
  • emailedSent electronic correspondence
  • calledContacted by phone

notified · informed · texted · phoned · written · alerted · approached · correspondence · outreach · follow-up

contagion

exposed

Out in open

carrier · outbreak · tracing · quarantine · isolation · disease · contaminated · communicable · pathogen · viral

physical

touched

Affected emotionally or physically

collided · struck · hit · impacted · met · encountered · pressed · nudge · proximity · skin

Categories
Opposites
communication initiation

contactedignored

Purposely not noticed

avoided · evaded · shunned · snubbed · ghosted

physical/social reach

contacteduncontacted

Never met by outsiders

unreached · isolated · untouched · disconnected · estranged

social engagement status

contactedavoided

Deliberately stayed away from

shunned · ostracized · excluded · isolated · estranged

Phrases
Family

contact, contactless, contacts, contacting, contactable, contact number

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G