Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "call" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

answer email hang hang up hanging hanging up receive respond response text up whisper

Typical Location

answering machine call center office telephonelines using telephone voice mail

Causes

meet

Derived Terms

I'll call the police I've never heard it called that before Jody call aftercall altar call answer the call answer the call of nature ass call at call auction call becall beck and call bird call birdcall boatswain's call booty call broker's call bugle call butt call butter my butt and call it a biscuit butter my butt and call me a biscuit calendar call call 'em as one sees 'em call a cab call a go call a halt call a lid call a shovel a shovel call a spade a shovel call a spade a spade call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel call after call again call ahead call an ambulance call an audible call and collect call and response call around call away call back call balls and strikes call bird call board call bond call box call bullshit call button call by call by future call by name call by need call by reference call center call centre call date call delay call down call drink call fire call for call for help call forth call forwarding call girl call graph call history call house call in call in sick call in the wilderness call into doubt call into question call it call it a day call it a night call it an early night call it as one sees it call it even call it half a day call it quits call it square call it stumps call leaf call letters call liquor call loan call mark call money call money rate call names call note call number call of duty call of duty call of nature call of the wild call off call on call on the carpet call onto the carpet call option call originator call out call out of one's name call out sick call over call point call premium call price call protection call rate call risk call roll call round call rule call screening call sheet call sign call site call slip call someone every name in the book call someone everything but a child of God call someone's bluff call someone's number call stack call the ball call the fire brigade call the fire department call the police call the question call the shots call the tune call them as one sees them call time call to call to account call to action call to arms call to mind call to order call to prayer call to task call to the Bar call to the bar call together call tree call up call upon call value call waiting call-board call-by-future call-by-name call-by-need call-by-reference call-by-value call-out call-shy call-up call-with-current-continuation callability callable callboard callbook callbox callboy called to straw callee caller callgirl calling calling bell calling card calling crab calling name calling station calling-card callout callset callsign calltip callup captain's call casting call cat call cat calling the kettle black catcall cattle call check-call check-call chow call clarion call close call cold call cold calling cold-calling collect call come calling conference call contact call cop-call countercall courtesy call covered call crank call crying call curtain call desperate times call for desperate measures distress call don't call us, we'll call you downcall drastic times call for drastic measures drop call duck call duty calls effectual calling firecall first call first port of call flat call foodie call forecall function call ghost call hang-up call hero call hog call house call house of call insta-call international call prefix is that what the kids are calling it these days judgement call last call mail call makeup call margin call mating call midcall miscall missed call money call moosecall mosh call naked call name-calling no-call-no-show noncall now that's what I call nuisance call on call on-call open call overcall overcall party call phantom call phee-call phone call photo call photocall pocket call point and call port of call pot calling the kettle black prank call procedure call put-call re-call recall remote procedure call reverse 911 call robocall roll call safety call seet call self-call servants' call service call sick call siren call slap my ass and call me Judy slap my ass and call me Sally smooth call social call subroutine call system call tail call telecall telephone call that's what I call the call is coming from inside the house toll call too close to call tough call trumpet call trunk call turkey call uncovered call upcall video call voice call voice calling in the wilderness wake-up call wakeup call watering call what-d'ye-call-'em what-d'ye-call-it whatchacallit who's calling will call withcall within call wolf call you call this

Distinct From

hangup

Entails

dial square dance

Etymologically Related To

glory

Context

banking baseball computing cricket finance heading legal nautical poker proscribed sometimes with for sport telecommunication telephone us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

address adjudge animal communication arouse ask ask for asking awaken bespeak call for challenge command conclusion consider decision declare defer demand demand determination disposition dispute emit enjoin entice exact expect gainsay get together give guess hazard hold hold over inclination indicate instruction label let loose let out lure meet option order play postpone pretend program line prorogue put off put over quest read reckon regard remit request request require rouse say see set back shelve statement stop stop over table telecommunicate telephone telephony tell tempt tendency turn to utter utterance venture view visit vocalization wake wake up waken

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

altar call bird call booty call broker's call bugle call calendar call cat call cold call collect call conference call courtesy call crank call curtain call distress call duck call forecall function call house call mail call margin call missed call money call naked call nuisance call phantom abandoned call phone call prank call put-call roll call self-call service call sick call tail call telephone call toll call turkey call uncovered call wake-up call

Type Of (IsA)

decision demand inclination instruction request telephone visit

Manner Of

ask awaken challenge declare demand entice indicate label order postpone read request see stop telecommunicate utter

Part Of

card game

Receives Action

placed on telephone

Related Terms

action action of activity and response answer ask attention attract attract attention available avoid batsman beckon bellow bellow out bridge by mouth by phone by voice calling catch cell cell phones cellphone cellphone action cellphone activity church collision communicate communicate phone communication communications connection contact contact me conversation conversion craps cry decision dial dial number dial phone digits directions discussion does draw draw attention encounter equal fielder floor for telephones friend friends function game call getting getting attention hail home in jail incoming incoming phone initiation intend intent interaction jacks jail job judgement like like phone like shout like summon like yell loud make make communication match message mouth name noise number on call on phone on phones on telephone option out pastor phone phone action phone activity phone communication phone connection phone contact phone conversation phone conversion phone discussion phone encounter phone friend phone function phone intent phone interaction phone job phone message phone purpose phone related phone ring phone ringing phone session phone someone phone something phone talk phone thing phone transaction phone transmission phone transmit phone up phone usage phone use phone what phones phones ring phones to phoning phoning someone player premium process purpose question quiet raise related related phone request request attention requested require response ring ring friend ring friends ring me ring phone ring somebody ring someone ring tone ring up ringing ringing friend ringing up role rule session shift shout shout out social softer softer yell somebody someone speaking state stock summon talk talk phone talk shout talk telephone talking talking phone telephone telephone action telephone activity telephone communication telephone communications telephone connection telephone contact telephone conversation telephone does telephone initiation telephone me telephone message telephone question telephone response telephone ring telephone ringing telephone session telephone someone telephone something telephone transmission telephone usage telephone use telephones telephoning tone transaction transmission transmit umpire umpire decision up urgent usage use use phone use telephone uses uses phone using using phone using phones using telephone via via phone visit voice what whether with phone with phones with telephone yell yell name yelling yelling out you get

Similar Terms

address be known as call in call out call up cry cry out exclaim holler hollo know as name outcry phone ring scream send for shout shout out squall telephone visit yell

Synonym Network

address bid birdcall call option cry margin call name predict shout visit

Used For

attracting ducks communicate communicating communication contact derivative financial instrument getting attention giving information hunt duck ordering pizza phoning another person showing poker hands talking to client talking to friend telephoning warning of impending danger

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.