called on
phrase
variants or called upon
1
as in stood on
to place reliance or trust She's the one I call on when I need a friend. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- stood on
- looked to
- relied
- figured on
- banked on
- trusted
- counted
- depended
- calculated
- leaned
- confided
- reckoned
- entrusted
- committed
- intrusted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- questioned
- suspected
- distrusted
- mistrusted
2
as in asked
to make a request of She called on me for a ride to the airport. Synonyms & Similar Words
- asked
- invited
- requested
- begged
- hit (up)
- pled (to)
- solicited
- appealed (to)
- plead (to)
- pleaded (to)
- invoked
- required
- prayed
- petitioned
- implored
- entreated
- importuned
- conjured
- beseeched
- supplicated
- demanded
- besought
- enjoined
- exacted
- pressed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- required
- forced
- obliged
- compelled
- constrained
- coerced
3
as in petitioned
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner They called on a specialist after other avenues had failed. Synonyms & Similar Words
- petitioned
- begged
- pled (to)
- requested
- appealed (to)
- plead (to)
- pleaded (to)
- asked
- prayed
- impetrated
- implored
- entreated
- importuned
- conjured
- beseeched
- supplicated
- besieged
- solicited
- besought
- required
- bludged
- invoked
- desired
- cadged
- demanded
- sued
- sponged
- forced
- claimed
- compelled
- mooched
- insisted
- coerced
- commanded
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suggested
- hinted
- implied
- obliged
- pleased
- satisfied
- intimated
- gratified
- appeased
- contented
- consoled
- mollified
- comforted
- placated
- pacified
- quieted
- conciliated
- good for someone or something
- good form
- Good Friday
- good God
- good grief
- good guy
- good heavens
- Good Hope, Cape of
- good humor
- good joe
- good lack
- good life
- good lifes
- good liver
- good loser
- good luck
- good many
- good morning
- good morrow
- good name
- good nature
- good news for
- good news for (someone)
- good news for someone
- good night