CALLED (UP) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

called (up)

verb

past tense of call (up)

as in lined up

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as in recruited

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Verb

Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid summoned a staffer to repair a troubling divot, while linebacker Terrel Bernard supervised.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The jurors will be summoned through the regular jury process.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of summoned

Verb

And who knows about Newcastle, who have lost three crucial players and only really brought in promising youngsters, all of whom will be managed by someone recruited from the Saudi Pro League.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Directed by Jon Favreau, the film premiered in theaters May 22 and follows bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his apprentice, Grogu, as they’re recruited by officer Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver) to aid the New Republic.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of recruited

Verb

By contrast, talks on the war between Russia and Ukraine have been convened intermittently, in multiple locations, and not once with all the relevant actors (Kyiv, Moscow, Washington, and key European states) at the table.

— Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Under a new president, Louis Stout, the organization convened a task force of child safety experts.

— Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of convened

Verb

To reveal who’s the most rested of them all, the World Economic Forum organized data from Sleep Cycle, an app used around the world that tracks how much shut-eye people are achieving.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026
Authorities have not said who organized a suspicious border breach in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.

— Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of organized

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Rest assured, the market reaction wasn’t trader nailbiting over tariffs levied on Peru, South Sudan, and the Marshall Islands.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The Texas branch of the NAACP has asked a federal appeals court to consider reversing monetary sanctions levied against attorneys who sued the Keller school board over voter discrimination claims.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of levied

Verb

Some tell a coherent story when grouped; others are simply strange on their own terms.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Those metrics were then grouped into three categories — Cost & Financing, Education Outcomes and Career Outcomes — to determine each state's overall score.

— Ahmed Jawadi, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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