Synonyms for calling up


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : kawl
Phonetic Transcription : kɔl

Top 10 synonyms for calling up Other synonyms for the word calling up

Définition of calling up

Origin :
  • early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.
  • As in evocative : adj suggestive
  • As in levy : verb assess, impose
  • As in mobilize : verb ready for action, movement
  • As in muster : verb gather, come together
  • As in recall : verb remember
  • As in recruit : verb gather resources
  • As in remember : verb keep in mind; summon into mind
  • As in remind : verb awaken memories of something
  • As in reminisce : verb go over in one's memory
  • As in telephone : verb communicate through telephone system
  • As in visualize : verb make a picture of in the mind
  • As in activate : verb initiate something; start a function
  • As in militarize : verb convert for military use
  • As in phone : verb telephone
  • As in draft : verb select for military force
  • As in enlist : verb sign up for responsibility
  • As in enroll : verb sign up for membership
Example sentences :
  • If he doesn't stop, she's at the foot of the stairs, calling up to him.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It was Pete at last He was calling up at the window from the path below.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • I left him in the telephone booth, just now, calling up Dykeman.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • Calling up all her courage, his sister struck and cut off the head.
  • Extract from : « Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian » by Anonymous
  • Aubertin admired his histrionic powers in calling up this look.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • Calling up all her courage, she left her room on her errand.
  • Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
  • It's my name they are calling up aloft, or so it seems to me.
  • Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
  • She's calling up mere boys who ought to be at their schoolbooks.
  • Extract from : « Army Boys on the Firing Line » by Homer Randall
  • By calling up the penitentiary you will learn that he is still there.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of To-Day » by Mary R. Parkman
  • After a while I heard Ida calling up and down the paths for me.
  • Extract from : « My Wife and I » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Antonyms for calling up

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