Synonyms of call (for)

call (for) 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to demand

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

with an eye to the expected rush, the manager called for additional waiters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demand
• press (for)
• stipulate (for)
• require
• request
• insist (on)
• claim
• clamor (for)
• command
• ask
• want
• plead (for)
• quest
• exact
• enjoin
• need
• cry (for)
• take
• necessitate
• impose
• warrant
• harass
• requisition
• dun
• badger
• hound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• give up
• yield
• surrender
• relinquish

2

as in to seek

to make a request for

called for someone to help with planning the club's party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seek
• request
• speak (for)
• sue (for)
• plead (for)
• ask (for)
• apply (for)
• wish (for)
• desire
• beg (for)
• press (for)
• require
• quest
• petition (for)
• clamor (for)
• urge
• demand
• insist (on)
• claim
• solicit
• invite
• invoke
• bespeak
• importune
• exact
• enjoin
• requisition

call for

2 of 2

phrase

1

as in order

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority

The bill calls for tighter regulation.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• order
• request
• mandate
• ask
• require
• direct
• demand
• dictate
• call
• command
• decree
• petition
• ordain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cancel
• rescind
• countermand

2

as in require

to have as a requirement

This calls for a toast!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• require
• need
• want
• take
• involve
• demand
• claim
• challenge
• warrant
• necessitate
• cry (for)
• ask
• hurt (for)
• bear
• claim
• lack
• entail
• clamor (for)
• beg
• insist
• exact
• quest
• press
• command
• enjoin
• stipulate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• have
• own
• hold
• possess

3

as in request

to give a request or demand for

The position calls for someone with a master's degree.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• request
• order
• put in (for)
• ask (for)
• requisition
• commission
• license
• hire
• charter
• solicit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of call (for)

Phrase

Some even called for a national dictator who could take the crisis in hand and get the economy functioning again. — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The company has since disclosed several additional incidents where its models behaved in unintended ways, prompting industry researchers and government officials to call for additional oversight. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Those security breaches prompted warnings from some of most powerful executives in the artificial intelligence industry, who cautioned of a grave threat posed by the technology and called for a slowdown in AI development. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips wasn’t the one who was called for the fourth-quarter penalty that had a profound effect on the Carolina Panthers’ 21-18 loss to Cleveland. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026