call

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|heading}} To [[reach out]] with one's [[voice]].
2. {{lb|en|heading|intransitive}} To [[visit]].
3. {{lb|en|heading}} To [[name]], [[identify]]{{,}} or [[describe]].
4. {{lb|en|heading}} To [[declare]], or declare [[in favor of]], a [[predict]]ed or [[actual]] [[result]].
5. {{lb|en|heading|sport}} {{ng|Direct or indirect use of the voice.}}
6. {{lb|en|transitive|sometimes with ''for''}} To [[require]], [[demand#Verb|demand]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive|with ''into''}} To [[cause]] to be verbally [[subject]]ed to.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To [[lay claim]] to an object or role which is [[up for grabs]].
9. {{lb|en|transitive|finance}} To [[announce]] the early [[extinction]] of a [[debt]] by [[prepayment]], usually at a [[premium]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive|banking}} To [[demand]] [[repayment]] of a [[loan]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[jump]] to (another part of a [[program]]); to perform some [[operation]], returning to the original point on [[completion]].

Noun

1. A cry or [[shout]].
2. The characteristic [[cry]] of a bird or other animal.
3. A [[beckon]]ing or [[summon]]ing.
4. A telephone [[conversation]]; a [[phone call]].
5. An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
6. A short [[visit]], usually for [[social]] purposes.
7. {{lb|en|nautical}} A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
8. A [[decision]] or [[judgement]].
9. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the [[floor]].
10. {{lb|en|finance}} {{ellipsis of|en|call option}}.
11. {{lb|en|cricket}} The act of calling to the other batsman.
12. {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[state]] of being the batsman whose [[role]] it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.