call-for

Verbs

  • (v) express the need or desire for; ask for
    • She requested an extra bed in her room
    • She called for room service
    request, bespeak, quest,
  • (v) require as useful, just, or proper
    • It takes nerve to do what she did
    • success usually requires hard work
    • This job asks a lot of patience and skill
    • This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
    • This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
    • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
    necessitate, need, require, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take,
  • (v) request the participation or presence of
    • The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
    invite,
  • (v) gather or collect
    • You can get the results on Monday
    • She picked up the children at the day care center
    • They pick up our trash twice a week
    gather up, pick up, collect,

Synonyms

request bespeak quest necessitate need require demand postulate involve ask take invite gather up pick up collect

Antonyms

obviate rid of eliminate

Words of close approximity

call forth call forwarding