SUMMONED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

summoned

verb

past tense of summon

as in called

to demand or request the presence or service of without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office

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as in gathered

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day

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as in mustered

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command summoned a special session of parliament

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Recent Examples of summoned When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the new first lady could have easily summoned a design from fashion’s upper echelons for her inaugural gown. —

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 Her grandson had summoned the officers and reported that someone whom the boy did not know was inside the house, Euless Police Department Assistant Chief Brenda Alvarado said in an interview with a reporter. —

Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026 The tourists who found Surfer called 911, which led to Puckett being summoned to the scene. —

Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026 Legumina was summoned to replace Steven Matz with two outs and nobody on base in the eighth, and got William Contreras to ground out. —

Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 Knights summoned to England for vengeance. —

James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 June 2026 Beeks was summoned precisely for that lefty-on-lefty matchup. —

Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 The next morning, he was summoned to the program director’s office and summarily dismissed. —

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 As Heller reports, one professor was summoned to our Title VI office for wearing a Palestinian flag on her garment at an off-campus event. —

Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026

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The Las Vegas airport confirmed the pilot called an alert, but a British Airways spokesperson told CBS News the aircraft arrived as scheduled and did not declare an emergency.

— Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has been determined to avoid offsetting the costs on to taxpayers, and unsuccessfully called for FIFA to help share the cost burden, and Mamdani sympathizes with her position.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 June 2026