Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb call
8 of 28 senses of call
Sense 1
name call
=> baptize, baptise, christen
=> style
=> dub, nickname
=> rename
=> entitle, title
=> term
=> tag
Sense 2
call telephone, call up phone, ring
=> call in
Sense 3
call
=> misname, miscall
=> post brand
Sense 4
call send for
=> summon, summons, cite
=> beep
=> recall
=> call in
=> lift
=> muster
=> hail
=> summon
=> call up mobilize, mobilise, rally
Sense 5
shout, shout out cry, call yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
=> hollo
=> hurrah
=> halloo
=> whoop
=> shriek, shrill, screech, pipe up pipe
=> howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl
=> squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech
Sense 6
visit, call in call
=> see
=> see
=> drop by drop in come by
Sense 17
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call forebode, anticipate, promise
=> read
=> secondguess, outguess
=> augur
=> bet, wager
=> forecast, calculate
=> prophesy
Sense 24
bid, call
=> raise
=> outcall
=> underbid
=> outbid
=> overbid
=> preempt
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb call
8 of 28 senses of call
Sense 1
name call
=> baptize, baptise, christen
=> style
=> dub, nickname
=> rename
=> entitle, title
=> proclaim
=> term
=> tag
Sense 2
call telephone, call up phone, ring
=> call in
Sense 3
call
=> misname, miscall
=> post brand
Sense 4
call send for
=> summon, summons, cite
=> vouch
=> vouch in
=> demand
=> beep
=> recall
=> call in
=> lift
=> muster
=> hail
=> summon
=> page
=> buzz
=> convoke, convene
=> beckon
=> call up mobilize, mobilise, rally
Sense 5
shout, shout out cry, call yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
=> hollo
=> hurrah
=> halloo
=> whoop
=> shriek, shrill, screech, pipe up pipe
=> yowl, caterwaul
=> howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl
=> squall, waul, wawl
=> squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech
Sense 6
visit, call in call
=> see
=> see
=> drop by drop in come by
Sense 17
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call forebode, anticipate, promise
=> read
=> secondguess, outguess
=> augur
=> bet, wager
=> forecast, calculate
=> prophesy
=> vaticinate
=> enlighten, irradiate
Sense 24
bid, call
=> raise
=> outcall
=> underbid
=> outbid
=> overbid
=> preempt
Entailment of verb call
2 of 28 senses of call
Sense 2
call telephone, call up phone, ring
=> dial
Sense 21
call call off
=> square dance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb call
28 senses of call
Sense 1
name call
=> label
Sense 2
call telephone, call up phone, ring
=> telecommunicate
Sense 3
call
=> label
Sense 4
call send for
=> order tell enjoin, say
Also See-> call forth#2; call forth#1; call up#4
Sense 5
shout, shout out cry, call yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
Also See-> call out#2
Sense 6
visit, call in call
=> meet get together
Sense 7
call
=> request, bespeak, call for quest
Sense 8
call
=> order
Sense 9
call
=> request
Sense 10
call
=> indicate
Sense 11
call
=> postpone, hold over put over table, shelve, set back defer, remit, put off
Sense 12
call
=> read
Sense 13
call
=> telecommunicate
Sense 14
call
=> declare, adjudge, hold
Sense 15
call
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
Sense 16
call
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
Sense 17
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, hazard
Sense 18
call
=> challenge, dispute, gainsay
Sense 19
call
=> see consider, reckon, view, regard
Sense 20
call call in
=> demand, exact
Sense 21
call call off
Sense 22
address, call
=> address, turn to
Sense 23
call
=> stop, stop over
Sense 24
bid, call
=> play
Sense 25
call
=> ask require, expect
Sense 26
call
=> entice, lure, tempt
Sense 27
call
=> challenge, dispute, gainsay
Sense 28
call
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up arouse
Familiarity of verb call
call used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count = 28)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb call
Sense 1
name call
=> label
Sense 3
call
=> label
Sense 12
call
=> read
Sense 19
call
=> see consider, reckon, view, regard
Sense 22
address, call
=> address, turn to
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Sense 2
call telephone, call up phone, ring
=> telecommunicate
Sense 13
call
=> telecommunicate
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Sense 4
call send for
=> order tell enjoin, say
Sense 7
call
=> request, bespeak, call for quest
Sense 9
call
=> request
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Sense 5
shout, shout out cry, call yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
Sense 16
call
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
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Sense 6
visit, call in call
=> meet get together
Sense 23
call
=> stop, stop over
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Sense 10
call
=> indicate
Sense 14
call
=> declare, adjudge, hold
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Sense 15
call
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
Sense 26
call
=> entice, lure, tempt
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Sense 18
call
=> challenge, dispute, gainsay
Sense 27
call
=> challenge, dispute, gainsay
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Sense 20
call call in
=> demand, exact
Sense 25
call
=> ask require, expect
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Sense 8
call
=> order
--------------
Sense 11
call
=> postpone, hold over put over table, shelve, set back defer, remit, put off
--------------
Sense 17
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, hazard
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Sense 21
call call off
--------------
Sense 24
bid, call
=> play
--------------
Sense 28
call
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up arouse
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Grep of noun call
birdcall
bugle call
call
call-back
call-board
call-out
call box
call fire
call forwarding
call girl
call loan
call mark
call number
call option
call up
call waiting
calla
calla lily
calla palustris
callas
callathump
caller
caller-out
caller-up
caller id
calliandra
callicebus
calligrapher
calligraphist
calligraphy
callimorpha
callimorpha jacobeae
callinectes
callinectes sapidus
calling
calling card
calling into question
calling together
callionymidae
calliope
calliophis
calliopsis
calliper
callipers
calliphora
calliphora vicina
calliphoridae
callirhoe
callirhoe digitata
callirhoe involucrata
callirhoe triangulata
callisaurus
callisaurus draconoides
callistephus
callistephus chinensis
callisthenic exercise
callisthenics
callisto
callithricidae
callithrix
callithump
callithump parade
callitrichaceae
callitriche
callitris
callitris calcarata
callitris cupressiformis
callitris endlicheri
callitris glauca
callitris glaucophylla
callitris parlatorei
callitris quadrivalvis
callophis
callorhinus
callorhinus ursinus
callosectomy
callosity
callosotomy
callousness
callowness
calluna
calluna vulgaris
callus
catcall
close call
collect call
conference call
crank call
curtain call
distress call
function call
local call
long-distance call
mail call
margin call
muster call
overcall
phone call
port of call
recall
roll call
service call
sick call
supervisor call instruction
system call
telephone call
toll call
trunk call
Overview of noun call
The noun call has 13 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (9) call phone call telephone call -- (a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call")
2. (4) Call -- (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call")
3. (3) cry, outcry, call yell, shout, vociferation -- (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience")
4. (2) call claim -- (a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty")
5. (1) birdcall, call birdsong, song -- (the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age")
6. (1) call -- (a brief social visit: "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers")
7. margin call call -- (a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement)
8. call -- (a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call")
9. call -- (a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips")
10. call -- (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed")
11. call -- (brief visit in an official or professional capacity: "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer")
12. call -- ((sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call")
13. call option, call -- (the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date)
Overview of verb call
The verb call has 28 senses (first 21 from tagged texts)
1. (1168) name call -- (assign a specified, proper name to "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")
2. (577) call telephone, call up phone, ring -- (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning")
3. (569) call -- (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful")
4. (155) call send for -- (order, request, or command to come "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!")
5. (128) shout, shout out cry, call yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall -- (utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me")
6. (55) visit, call in call -- (pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens")
7. (46) call -- (call a meeting; invite or command to meet "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the "Final Solution"; "The new dean calls meetings every week")
8. (44) call -- (order or request or give a command for "The unions called a general strike for Sunday")
9. (41) call -- (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty")
10. (37) call -- (indicate a decision in regard to (sports): "call balls and strikes behind the plate")
11. (8) call -- (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game")
12. (8) call -- (read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll")
13. (8) call -- (send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling")
14. (8) call -- (declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out")
15. (5) call -- (utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another")
16. (3) call -- (utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids")
17. (2) predict, foretell, prognosticate, call forebode, anticipate, promise -- (make a prediction about tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election")
18. (2) call -- (challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that")
19. (2) call -- (consider or regard as being "I would not call her beautiful")
20. (1) call call in -- (demand payment of as of a loan; "Call a loan")
21. (1) call call off -- (give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance)
22. address, call -- (greet, as with a prescribed form title, or name "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name")
23. call -- (make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow")
24. bid, call -- (make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump")
25. call -- (require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond")
26. call -- (lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal: "Call ducks")
27. call -- (challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of "call the speaker on a question of fact")
28. call -- (rouse somebody from sleep with a call "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning")
Overview of noun call
The noun call has 13 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (9) call phone call telephone call -- (a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call")
2. (4) Call -- (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call")
3. (3) cry, outcry, call yell, shout, vociferation -- (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience")
4. (2) call claim -- (a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty")
5. (1) birdcall, call birdsong, song -- (the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age")
6. (1) call -- (a brief social visit: "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers")
7. margin call call -- (a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement)
8. call -- (a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call")
9. call -- (a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips")
10. call -- (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed")
11. call -- (brief visit in an official or professional capacity: "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer")
12. call -- ((sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call")
13. call option, call -- (the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date)
Overview of verb call
The verb call has 28 senses (first 21 from tagged texts)
1. (1168) name call -- (assign a specified, proper name to "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")
2. (577) call telephone, call up phone, ring -- (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning")
3. (569) call -- (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful")
4. (155) call send for -- (order, request, or command to come "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!")
5. (128) shout, shout out cry, call yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall -- (utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me")
6. (55) visit, call in call -- (pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens")
7. (46) call -- (call a meeting; invite or command to meet "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the "Final Solution"; "The new dean calls meetings every week")
8. (44) call -- (order or request or give a command for "The unions called a general strike for Sunday")
9. (41) call -- (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty")
10. (37) call -- (indicate a decision in regard to (sports): "call balls and strikes behind the plate")
11. (8) call -- (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game")
12. (8) call -- (read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll")
13. (8) call -- (send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling")
14. (8) call -- (declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out")
15. (5) call -- (utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another")
16. (3) call -- (utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids")
17. (2) predict, foretell, prognosticate, call forebode, anticipate, promise -- (make a prediction about tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election")
18. (2) call -- (challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that")
19. (2) call -- (consider or regard as being "I would not call her beautiful")
20. (1) call call in -- (demand payment of as of a loan; "Call a loan")
21. (1) call call off -- (give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance)
22. address, call -- (greet, as with a prescribed form title, or name "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name")
23. call -- (make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow")
24. bid, call -- (make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump")
25. call -- (require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond")
26. call -- (lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal: "Call ducks")
27. call -- (challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of "call the speaker on a question of fact")
28. call -- (rouse somebody from sleep with a call "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning")
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