Synonyms of summoning

summoning

verb

present participle of summon

1

as in calling

to demand or request the presence or service of

without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calling
• asking
• hailing
• inviting
• requesting
• sending for
• ordering
• citing
• invoking
• assembling
• convening
• beckoning
• mustering
• bidding
• ringing
• calling out
• convoking
• demanding
• subpoenaing
• calling up
• commanding
• requisitioning
• whistling
• buzzing
• knelling
• paging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• sending (away)
• turning away
• banishing
• expelling
• ejecting
• routing
• ousting
• casting out
• drumming (out)
• running off
• kicking out
• throwing out
• outing
• booting (out)
• turfing (out)

2

as in gathering

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers

managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gathering
• evoking
• eliciting
• getting up
• conjuring (up)
• raising
• educing

3

as in mustering

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command

summoned a special session of parliament

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mustering
• calling
• assembling
• convening
• convoking
• gathering
• rallying
• collecting
• grouping
• calling out
• calling in
• amassing
• calling up
• reassembling
• knelling
• reconvening
• rounding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissolving
• breaking up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of summoning

This is where the sorcerer’s book of spells resurfaces; James and Henry succeed in summoning a playful demon, Goomi (Trey Parker), a kind of Funko Pop! — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026

Being constantly threatened should take its toll on a person, but Snow builds a life, summoning the fortitude to conclude that someday her prince will come. — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Happily, walking into Champagne Shack does not require summoning courage. — Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

Railroad tracks frame the Escambia Bay shoreline, summoning an old-Florida nostalgia that just begs you to sit and stay awhile. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026

No time is lost in summoning the paediatrician. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Proving that this specific receptor is responsible for releasing predator-summoning signals, though, was extremely tricky. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026

Fenix launched into his comeback, summoning the will of the people through a series of clotheslines and topped off with a beautiful dive to the outside. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026