calling on
phrase
variants or calling upon
1
as in standing on
to place reliance or trust She's the one I call on when I need a friend. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- standing on
- banking on
- looking to
- relying
- figuring on
- depending
- trusting
- leaning
- counting
- confiding
- calculating
- reckoning
- entrusting
- intrusting
- committing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- questioning
- suspecting
- distrusting
- mistrusting
2
as in asking
to make a request of She called on me for a ride to the airport. Synonyms & Similar Words
- asking
- inviting
- hitting (up)
- requesting
- begging
- appealing (to)
- pleading (to)
- soliciting
- praying
- invoking
- requiring
- petitioning
- conjuring
- beseeching
- imploring
- entreating
- supplicating
- importuning
- demanding
- enjoining
- exacting
- pressing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- requiring
- forcing
- compelling
- constraining
- coercing
- obliging
3
as in petitioning
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
- petitioning
- begging
- appealing (to)
- pleading (to)
- praying
- asking
- requesting
- impetrating
- conjuring
- beseeching
- imploring
- entreating
- supplicating
- importuning
- besieging
- soliciting
- requiring
- invoking
- sponging
- desiring
- cadging
- suing
- compelling
- forcing
- bludging
- demanding
- mooching
- insisting
- claiming
- coercing
- commanding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- implying
- suggesting
- hinting
- pleasing
- intimating
- satisfying
- gratifying
- appeasing
- comforting
- conciliating
- placating
- obliging
- pacifying
- consoling
- mollifying
- quieting
- contenting