call down

1. 1.

   summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

   “raise the specter of unemployment”

   “he conjured wild birds in the air”

   “call down the spirits from the mountain”

   Synonymsraiseconjureconjure upinvokeevokestirarousebring upput forwardcall forth

   Broadercall up

   Narrowercursebless
2. 2.

   censure severely or angrily

   “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”

   “The deputy ragged the Prime Minister”

   “The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup”

   Synonymscall on the carpettake to taskrebukeragtrouncelecturereprimandjawdress downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstrate

   Broaderknock

   Narrowerchastisetell off

Questions about call down

What does call down mean?

call down means "summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for call down?

Close synonyms include raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is call down a common word?

call down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.