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

More than 600 people have signed an online and printed petition calling for the West Craighead station to be added to the Red Line. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Lawmakers from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies staged a counterprotest, calling for a discussion on examination paper leaks. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026

Fedorov then went a step further by directly calling for Syrsky to be fired, an objective of his long-rumored but never openly said, along with much of the top military staff. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026

At the top of the building, the third level will feature 4,000 square feet of interior space and a 2,000-square-foot wraparound balcony, with plans calling for either a rooftop bar and restaurant or a smaller rooftop lounge with additional suites. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 9 July 2026

Arie also replied to a post calling for a boycott of the song. — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026