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

The friends haven’t seen each other in some time, though Frankie spends many an evening parked outside the hospice in his car, summoning the gumption to visit. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

The woods could be hiding places of witches and sorcerers, disguised as the old and feeble, but capable of summoning wonder and terrors, charms as well as curses. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Various Maji clans such as the Omi Clan, or Maji of Water, and Ikú Clan, or Maji of Life and Death, practice different forms of magic, with Omi Tiders wielding waves and Ikù Reapers, like Zelie’s mother, summoning souls. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 July 2026

The book recounts the Russian attack on the town through the eyes of a magical forest spirit who protects it, summoning floodwaters and winds to drive away the invaders. — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Attendees will enter the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box, summoning the Cenobites and opening a gateway to a dimension full of unspeakable horrors. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

Led by Kane and Jude Bellingham, a prince of the midfield, England had played with courage and vim at the World Cup, summoning goals and desperate tackles. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Wilson’s keyboards lurk around every corner, summoning vistas that are more claustrophobic than sprawling. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

This genre entry finds six friends holding a Zoom séance with a mysterious medium (Seylan Baxter), accidentally summoning a demonic entity into their homes in the process. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026