summon
Order to appear
To summon is to call someone to appear or come to you, typically with authority: The judge summoned the witness to testify.
Courts issue summons; employers summon employees to meetings.
The word extends to calling forth effort or emotion: She summoned her courage.
In fantasy contexts, to summon is to conjure a spirit or creature into being.
Join parts together
- gatherBring or come together
- convokeSummon to assemble
- musterAssemble for inspection
- rallyGathering for a cause
mobilize · convene · congregation · meeting · assembly · conference · convention · conclave
Assemble for inspection
- gatherBring or come together
- rallyGathering for a cause
- courageFortitude facing danger
- strengthPower to exert force
nerve · willpower · resolve · determination · bravery · fortitude · grit · composure
Contact by phone
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- beckonSignal to approach
- hailIcy precipitation pellets
- gestureCommunicative body movement
wave · motion · nod · invite · request · bid · page · announce
Calling upon higher authority
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
necromancy · sorcery · wizardry · enchantment · ritual · pentagram · altar · grimoire
assemble
Join parts together
rally · mobilize · convene · congregation · meeting · assembly · conference · convention · conclave · caucus
muster
Assemble for inspection
strength · nerve · willpower · resolve · determination · bravery · fortitude · grit · composure · focus
call
Contact by phone
gesture · wave · motion · nod · invite · request · bid · page · announce · herald
invocation
Calling upon higher authority
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
- incantationSpoken magical formula
spellcasting · necromancy · sorcery · wizardry · enchantment · ritual · pentagram · altar · grimoire · familiar
subpoena
Writ requiring testimony
- writCourt-issued directive
- citationMention of a source
- court orderBinding judicial directive
warrant · tribunal · defendant · witness · testimony · appear · compel · jury duty · deposition · hearing
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- immediateHappening without delay
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
expedite · dispatch · rapid · swift · hasten · 911 · distress · SOS · rescue · reinforcements
- gathering verbsgather, collect, accumulate, amass, compile
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- call for helphelp, assistance, support, backup, reinforcements
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- rebukescold, reprimand, chide, admonish, berate
- Game Creaturesslime, skeleton, zombie, spider, goblin
- summoned upCalled into presence
- jury summonsLegal order to appear
- summon upDeliberately bring forth mentally
- summoning upCalling into presence
- court summonsOfficial order demanding appearance
- legal summonsFormal court appearance demand
summons, summoned, summoning, summon up, summoner, unsummoned, summonable, summonings