call forth

1. 1.

   evoke or provoke to appear or occur

   “Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple”

   Synonymsprovokeevokekick up

   Broadercause

   Narrowerpick
2. 2.

   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 upinvokeevokestircall downarousebring upput forward

   Broadercall up

   Narrowercursebless

Questions about call forth

What does call forth mean?

call forth means "evoke or provoke to appear or occur". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for call forth?

Close synonyms include provoke, evoke, kick up, raise, conjure. 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 forth a common word?

call forth 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.