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

But two separate hamstring injuries hampered any chance of a call-up for Ryan, who is also nearly two years past Tommy John surgery. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for call (up)

Recent Examples of Synonyms for call (up)

Verb

With one week to go until the top flight returns, how are the 20 teams expected to line up for their opening games?

— George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
The high months line up with the run-up to the April 15 filing deadline; the low months line up with everything after it.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of line up

Verb

And who knows about Newcastle, who have lost three crucial players and only really brought in promising youngsters, all of whom will be managed by someone recruited from the Saudi Pro League.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Directed by Jon Favreau, the film premiered in theaters May 22 and follows bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his apprentice, Grogu, as they’re recruited by officer Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver) to aid the New Republic.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of recruit

Noun

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ended the practice of issuing criminal summonses to e-bike riders for minor infractions this year.

— Ali Bauman, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
To that end, Kersten said, the TLC issued more than 3,500 summonses for unlicensed operations in the first six months of 2026 — compared to 4,369 such summonses issued during all of 2025.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of summons

Verb

The two created The Beautiful Lives Project, a non-profit which has organized events all over the country, pairing sports teams with participants from the project.

— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
The Teamsters have been enthusiastically endorsing the bill specifically because, while 40-something employers would be difficult to collectively bargain against, DSP workers would be much easier to organize once within Amazon.

— Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

The alerts are sent through cell phones, television, radio, highway message signs and other public channels to quickly enlist the public's help.

— Ahmed Jawadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Yarovenko had planned to enlist after completing her fourth year at university, said her friend Anastasiia Alieksieieva.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of enlist

Noun

Because when the stakes are high, challenges grow in complexity, and collective adaptability is hard to master, the need for sophisticated and skilled orchestration, direction, and mobilization increases.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Evidence has separately emerged that the mass crossing was preceded by an extensive online mobilization campaign.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of mobilization

Verb

The jurors will be summoned through the regular jury process.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
The jury was whittled down significantly after days of questioning over 100 Clark County residents who’d been yanked from their daily lives and summoned to a Las Vegas courtroom.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of summon

Verb

In that study, researchers used data from a vaccine safety monitoring system to track outcomes for nearly 4,000 women enrolled in the registry who received Covid-19 vaccines in the early months of the rollout.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Marcus, who died in November 2024 at age 95, enrolled in pharmacy school when his family couldn’t afford to send him to medical school.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

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