" called "

1: to speak so as to be heard at a distance;

  * e.g., " ... we could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bawled,

•  bayed,

•  bellowed,

•  cried,

•  hollered,

•  holloed,

•  roared,

•  shouted,

•  sounded off,

•  thundered,

•  vociferated,

•  yelled

•  Antonyms : 

•  continued,

•  kept

2: to make a telephone call to;

  * e.g., " ... use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dialed,

•  phoned,

•  rang (up),

•  telephoned

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to make a brief visit;

  * e.g., " ... the hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call "

•  Synonyms : 

•  came by,

•  came over,

•  dropped by,

•  dropped in,

•  popped (in),

•  ran in,

•  ran (over),

•  stepped in,

•  stopped (by or in),

•  visited

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to speak so as to be heard at a distance;

  * e.g., " ... we could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bawl,

•  bay,

•  bellow,

•  cry,

•  holler,

•  hollo,

•  roar,

•  shout,

•  sound off,

•  thunder,

•  vociferate,

•  yell

•  Antonyms : 

•  continue,

•  keep

2: to make a telephone call to;

  * e.g., " ... use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dial,

•  phone,

•  ring (up),

•  telephone

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to make a brief visit;

  * e.g., " ... the hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call "

•  Synonyms : 

•  come by,

•  come over,

•  drop by,

•  drop in,

•  pop (in),

•  run (over),

•  run in,

•  step in,

•  stop (by or in),

•  visit

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority;

  * e.g., " ... with an eye to the expected rush, the manager called for additional waiters "

•  Synonyms : 

•  claim,

•  clamor (for),

•  command,

•  demand,

•  enjoin,

•  exact,

•  insist (on),

•  press (for),

•  quest,

•  stipulate (for)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to make a request for;

  * e.g., " ... called for someone to help with planning the club's party "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ask (for),

•  bespeak,

•  desire,

•  plead (for),

•  quest,

•  request,

•  seek,

•  solicit,

•  speak (for),

•  sue (for)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make a social call upon;

  * e.g., " ... lots of well-wishers called on the new parents in the weeks following the birth of their first child "

•  Synonyms : 

•  drop in (on),

•  see,

•  visit

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in cried, barked;

•  Synonyms : 

•  barked,

•  cried,

•  advertised,

•  announced,

•  annunciated,

•  blared,

•  blazed,

•  blazoned,

•  broadcast,

•  declared,

•  enunciated,

•  flashed,

•  gave out,

•  heralded,

•  placarded,

•  posted,

•  proclaimed,

•  promulgated,

•  publicized,

•  published,

•  released,

•  sounded,

•  trumpeted,

•  billboarded,

•  billed,

•  bulletined,

•  gazetted,

•  knelled,

•  rang,

•  tolled,

•  blurbed,

•  featured,

•  pitched,

•  plugged,

•  promoted,

•  puffed,

•  disseminated,

•  spread,

•  disclosed,

•  divulged,

•  introduced,

•  kithed,

•  manifested,

•  reported,

•  revealed,

•  showed,

•  advised,

•  apprised,

•  handed down,

•  informed,

•  notified,

•  communicated,

•  imparted,

•  intimated

•  Antonyms : 

•  concealed,

•  hushed (up),

•  silenced,

•  suppressed,

•  withheld,

•  recalled,

•  recanted,

•  retracted,

•  revoked

1: as in summoned, convened;

•  Synonyms : 

•  convened,

•  summoned,

•  arranged,

•  grouped,

•  lined up,

•  ordered,

•  organized,

•  activated,

•  marshaled,

•  mobilized,

•  mustered,

•  rallied,

•  collected,

•  rounded up

•  Antonyms : 

•  demobbed,

•  demobilized,

•  disarranged,

•  disordered,

•  disorganized,

•  disrupted,

•  disturbed,

•  deactivated,

•  dismissed,

•  broke up,

•  disbanded,

•  dissolved,

•  split (up)

2: as in signed up, recruited;

•  Synonyms : 

•  enlisted,

•  enrolled,

•  recruited,

•  conscribed,

•  conscripted,

•  drafted,

•  levied,

•  signed up,

•  volunteered,

•  impressed,

•  pressed

•  Antonyms : 

•  discharged,

•  mustered out

1: as in called out, called up;

•  Synonyms : 

•  called out,

•  called up,

•  knelled,

•  rallied,

•  amassed,

•  collected,

•  gathered,

•  grouped,

•  rounded up,

•  assembled,

•  called,

•  convened,

•  convoked,

•  mustered,

•  summoned,

•  reassembled,

•  reconvened

•  Antonyms : 

•  broke up,

•  dissolved

1: as in called in, called up;

•  Synonyms : 

•  called in,

•  called up,

•  knelled,

•  rallied,

•  amassed,

•  collected,

•  gathered,

•  grouped,

•  rounded up,

•  assembled,

•  called,

•  convened,

•  convoked,

•  mustered,

•  summoned,

•  reassembled,

•  reconvened

•  Antonyms : 

•  broke up,

•  dissolved

1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;

  * e.g., " ... I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner "

•  Synonyms : 

•  basted,

•  bawled out,

•  berated,

•  castigated,

•  chastised,

•  chewed out,

•  dressed down,

•  flayed,

•  hammered,

•  jawed,

•  keelhauled,

•  lambasted,

•  lectured,

•  ragged,

•  railed (at or against),

•  ranted (at),

•  rated,

•  reamed (out),

•  rebuked,

•  reprimanded,

•  reproached,

•  scolded,

•  scored,

•  tongue-lashed,

•  upbraided

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to draw the attention or mind to something else;

  * e.g., " ... she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abstracted,

•  detracted,

•  distracted,

•  diverted,

•  threw off

•  Antonyms : 

•  continued,

•  kept

2: to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to);

  * e.g., " ... called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abandoned,

•  aborted,

•  called,

•  canceled,

•  cried off,

•  dropped,

•  recalled,

•  repealed,

•  rescinded,

•  revoked,

•  scrapped,

•  scrubbed

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)