call

1 to speak so as to be heard at a distance we could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall Synonyms bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler, hollo (or halloo also hallo), roar, shout, sound off, thunder, vociferate, yell Related Words crow, whoop; scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal; caterwaul, howl, ululate, wail, yawp (or yaup), yowl; hail; speak out, speak up Near Antonyms breathe, mumble, murmur, mutter, whisper

2 to make a telephone call to use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency Synonyms dial, phone, ring (up) [chiefly British], telephone Related Words beep, buzz; call in; cold-call

3 to make a brief visit the hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call Synonyms come by, come over, drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (over), run in, step in, stop (by or in), visit Related Words barge (in); look up, see; bop (into), happen (by); frequent, hang (at), haunt, resort (to)

4 to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) the game was called on account of rain Synonyms abandon, abort, cancel, call off, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrubRelated Words abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off; recant, retract, take back, withdraw; countermand, reverse, roll back; break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate; hold back, interrupt, suspend; give up, relinquish, surrenderNear Antonyms engage, pledge, promise; begin, commence, initiate, start; take on, take up, undertakeAntonyms continue, keep

5 to think of in a particular way I wouldn't quite call that cheating, but it's not entirely ethical either Synonyms account, consider, count, esteem, hold, look (on or upon), rate, reckon, regard, set down, viewRelated Words believe, deem, feel, sense, think; conceive, fancy, imagine

6 to utter one's distinctive animal sound the dog called whenever it flushed a quail Synonyms cry, sing

7 to bring together in assembly by or as if by command called all the night workers in for a meeting Synonyms assemble, convoke, convene, muster, summonRelated Words rally; call in, call out, call up, knell; amass, collect, gather, group, round up; reassemble, reconveneNear Antonyms break up, dissolve

8 to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement let's call that five feet for now, and we'll measure it out later Synonyms calculate, estimate, conjecture, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, supposeRelated Words conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understandNear Antonyms calibrate, measure, scale; compute, work out