CALL UP Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of call (up)

as in to line up

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as in to recruit

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Noun

Jones has actually looked comfortable most days since his second major league call-up on June 5. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026 Most of Rocket Lab’s launches carry commercial satellites, and although the rapid call-up of Victus Haze is a uniquely military requirement, the exercise helped fine-tune the company’s procedures to improve performance on all future missions. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026 The bigger picture, however, is much brighter for Silkowitz, who earned her first call-up to the USWNT senior squad in January as part of the active roster for a friendly against Paraguay. — Jane Kenny, Mercury News, 30 July 2026 In the run-up to Spain's 2023 Women's World Cup victory, players again called for improvements to the women's national team training and resources, with 15 players asking not to receive a national team call-up until the federation made changes. — Madeline Fox, NPR, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for call (up)

Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)

Verb

Employees can easily become disengaged when their tasks do not clearly line up to specific outcomes.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
When putting out the car fire, for example, three girls line up with an instructor to hold the powerful hose.

— Julianna Mejia July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of line up

Verb

Graves said recruiting and retaining officers remains one of the biggest challenges facing whoever takes over for her, along with continuing to embrace technology and modern policing.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
North America, in particular, has huge potential for businesses such as Endra, with many engineers struggling to recruit enough staff to work in the same way as in the past.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of recruit

Verb

That win did not sit well with labor leaders throughout the country, who had hoped to expand upon their already-vast California union ranks through organizing rideshare drivers.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Gone are the days of wrestling an overstuffed suitcase—my compression packing cubes help maximize every inch of space and keep everything organized.

— Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

The move formalizes long-standing exemptions from Israel’s compulsory service despite troop shortages after nearly three years of wars, as only a fraction of roughly 13,000 eligible Haredi men enlist.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
With Citizens Bank Park expected to provide a hitter-friendly backdrop, Harper's decision to enlist Ebel as his derby pitcher could prove to be one of the more intriguing storylines of All-Star Week.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of enlist

Noun

Preventing and responding to threatened pandemics requires society-wide mobilization, and only the president can lead that process.

— David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026
Although Republicans remained a minority in the early 1990s, demographic change, evangelical mobilization and suburban realignment were steadily improving their prospects.

— Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Definition of mobilization

Verb

Italy called for Spain’s suspension from the Schengen open-borders zone within a day of the crossing, and Spain summoned Italy's ambassador in response, a sharp diplomatic exchange between two G7 economies.

— Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Their identities are revealed by a mechanical fortune teller named The Amazing Karnak (Sydney Harmon), who summons the memories of each teen in order to give one lucky soul a chance to return to life.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Definition of summon

Verb

Sadly, neither taxpayers nor students who enroll in these programs are winners.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Those included letters from immigration authorities, Social Security cards and a Defense Department letter purporting to say the immigrants were enrolled in military health coverage.

— Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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