call-back

Nouns

  • (n) a return call
  • (n) the recall of an employee after a layoff

Verbs

  • (v) cause to be returned
    • recall the defective auto tires
    • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
    withdraw, call in, recall,
  • (v) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
    • I can't remember saying any such thing
    • I can't think what her last name was
    • can you remember her phone number?
    • Do you remember that he once loved you?
    • call up memories
    recall, recollect, remember, call up, retrieve, think,
  • (v) return or repeat a telephone call
    • I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?
    • She left a message but the contractor never called back
  • (v) summon to return
    • The ambassador was recalled to his country
    • The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
    recall,

Synonyms

withdraw call in recall recollect remember call up retrieve think

Antonyms

blank out draw a blank forget block

See also

think back remember

Words of close approximity