phone call
Dial someone up
A phone call is an instance of voice communication over a telephone connection.
The phrase emphasizes the act of initiating or receiving contact: Give me a phone call when you arrive, I'm expecting a phone call.
Often shortened to simply call: I got a call from my sister.
Graduated circular indicator
- ringClosed curve shape
- answerSolution to query
- hang upEnd telephone conversation
- voicemailRecorded caller messages
ringtone · receiver · landline · mobile · cellphone · speakerphone · hold · mute
Serious sudden danger
- 911Crisis response number
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
immediate · dispatch · hotline · distress · SOS · lifeline · rescue · critical
Informal verbal exchange
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- discussionExchange of ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- catch-upReaching others' level
check-in · heart-to-heart · exchange · banter · gossip · chit-chat · reunion · long-distance
Scheduled time for something
- inquiryRequest for information
- customer serviceAssistance for buyers
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- telemarketingPhone-based sales outreach
follow-up · consultation · scheduling · reservation · booking · confirmation · helpline · complaint
dial
Graduated circular indicator
voicemail · ringtone · receiver · landline · mobile · cellphone · speakerphone · hold · mute · transfer
emergency
Serious sudden danger
urgent · immediate · dispatch · hotline · distress · SOS · lifeline · rescue · critical · time-sensitive
chat
Informal verbal exchange
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- discussionExchange of ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
catch-up · check-in · heart-to-heart · exchange · banter · gossip · chit-chat · reunion · long-distance · touching base
appointment
Scheduled time for something
- inquiryRequest for information
- customer serviceAssistance for buyers
- salesRevenue from goods moved
telemarketing · follow-up · consultation · scheduling · reservation · booking · confirmation · helpline · complaint · feedback
- communicationconversation, inform, hand signal, messages, dialogue
- compound nounscoffee table, kitchen table, bus stop, train station, fire truck
- social interactionshello, goodbye, talk, nod, chat
- spoken communicationconversation, speech, dialogue, voicemail, public speaking
- ways to communicatechat, announcement, gossip, broadcast, small talk
- telecommunicationscellphone, signals, cellular network, antennas, radio waves
phone calltext message
Brief electronic communication
text · email · letter · SMS · written correspondence
phone callsilence
Total lack of sound
no contact · radio silence · ghosting · ignoring · avoidance
call, phone, calling, telephone, calls, caller, phoned, phones, smartphone