Synonyms of calling (for)

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verb

present participle of call (for)

1

as in demanding

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demanding
• pressing (for)
• insisting (on)
• clamoring (for)
• requiring
• stipulating (for)
• requesting
• claiming
• commanding
• asking
• pleading (for)
• crying (for)
• wanting
• enjoining
• exacting
• needing
• questing
• taking
• imposing
• necessitating
• warranting
• harassing
• requisitioning
• badgering
• hounding
• dunning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• giving up
• yielding
• surrendering
• relinquishing

2

as in seeking

to make a request for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeking
• speaking (for)
• requesting
• pleading (for)
• asking (for)
• suing (for)
• applying (for)
• wishing (for)
• begging (for)
• clamoring (for)
• pressing (for)
• desiring
• insisting (on)
• petitioning (for)
• requiring
• demanding
• urging
• soliciting
• claiming
• questing
• inviting
• invoking
• bespeaking
• importuning
• enjoining
• requisitioning
• exacting

calling for

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phrase

present participle of call for

1

as in ordering

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

The bill calls for tighter regulation.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ordering
• requesting
• asking
• requiring
• mandating
• directing
• calling
• demanding
• dictating
• commanding
• decreeing
• ordaining
• petitioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• canceling
• rescinding
• countermanding

2

as in requiring

to have as a requirement

This calls for a toast!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requiring
• needing
• taking
• wanting
• involving
• demanding
• claiming
• challenging
• crying (for)
• hurting (for)
• necessitating
• clamoring (for)
• bearing
• warranting
• asking
• claiming
• lacking
• begging
• entailing
• insisting
• pressing
• exacting
• commanding
• enjoining
• stipulating
• questing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• having
• holding
• owning
• possessing

3

as in requesting

to give a request or demand for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requesting
• ordering
• asking (for)
• putting in (for)
• requisitioning
• hiring
• licensing
• soliciting
• commissioning
• chartering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of calling (for)

Phrase

Candidates in at least 21 races spent almost $90 million on political ads calling for some form of slowdown or ban on data center construction—a position in line with nearly three-quarters of Americans. — Larry Downes, Harvard Business Review, 5 Nov. 2026

Viasna said that Parakhnevich, the parish priest in Alkovichy in northwestern Belarus, had openly opposed Russia’s war in Ukraine and condemned Belarus’ role in it, while calling for peace and repentance. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch joined Alito’s 2021 opinion calling for Employment Division to be overruled. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026

The day before International Women’s Day, in 1982, twenty thousand women marched on the square, calling for practical reforms, such as workplace equality and free day care, along with an end to patriarchal oppression. — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

The defensive coordinator suddenly is the subject of frat banners calling for his firing. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

McCoach said in the wake of Thursday’s attack, the union was calling for a full and transparent review of every safety protocol on CTA property. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Following the coach’s firing in July 2023, more than 260 Northwestern faculty members signed a petition calling for the stadium plans to be halted until at least athletic department’s problems could be sorted out. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The veteran activist had launched a proxy battle and was calling for the company to split itself up. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026