Synonyms of phoning

phoning

verb

present participle of phone

as in dialing

to make a telephone call to

she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dialing
• calling
• telephoning
• ringing (up)
• buzzing
• beeping
• calling in
• cold-calling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of phoning

Morocco’s outsourced call-center industry — built on cheap, Francophone labor with relatively weak unions — makes 80% of its revenue from phoning French customers. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The receptionist, who refused to give his name, recalled phoning Oakland police at least 10 times in the last six months to report prostitution and trafficking among hotel guests, and said other staff have called dozens of additional times. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

There’s a difference, in other words, between doing the work, and phoning it in, just putting in a basic prompt and letting AI come up with, well, whatever. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Trump had lobbied for the plan, making at least two phone calls to Republican state Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey and also phoning in to a private meeting of Republican senators earlier this month. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026

Mom was right — phoning it in should never be on the table. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026

My sister, Louise, had spent hours perfecting the screechy, imperious cry of Starscream, only to use it when phoning the takeaway and ordering curry sauce and chips. — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

Efforts to reach Das and Cooper — including by phoning numbers and sending letters to addresses that appeared to be associated with them — were unsuccessful. — David Hilzenrath, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026

Elordi is barely phoning it in. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026