call back

verb

To request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.

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withcallrecallcall inwithdrawrememberretrievecall uprecollect
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Meanings

nouncall back (plural call backs or calls back)

plural call backs · plural calls back

  1. alternativeAlternative form of callback.
verbcall back (third-person singular simple present calls back, present participle calling back, simple past and past participle called back)

present singular third person calls back · participle present calling back · participle past called back · past called back

  1. To request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.

    Synonyms: withcall

  2. To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
  3. To return to a shop or residence one has previously visited.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.

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withcall

More synonyms by meaning

verbcause to be returned

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recallcall inwithdraw
Broader
take

verbrecall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

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rememberretrieverecallcall uprecollectthink
Broader
thinkcogitatecerebrate

verbsummon to return

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recall
Broader
callsend for
Also see
call incall uphark backrecallrecollectrememberretrievethinkwithdraw

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek ἀνακαλέω
  • ἀνακαλέω (anakaléō)request someone's return
Chinese Mandarin 叫某人回來 /叫某人回来, 回電 /回电
  • 叫某人回來 /叫某人回来 (jiào mǒurén huílái)request someone's return
  • 回電 /回电 (huídiàn)telephone someone again
  • 回電話 /回电话 (huídiànhuà)telephone someone again
  • 回撥 /回拨 (huíbō)telephone someone again
  • 返回 (fǎnhuí)return to a place where previously visited
  • 再來 /再来 (zàilái)return to a place where previously visited
  • 回訪 /回访 (huífǎng)return to a place where previously visited
Finnish pyytää palaamaan, soittaa takaisin
  • pyytää palaamaanrequest someone's return
  • soittaa takaisintelephone someone again
  • tulla uudestaanreturn to a place where previously visited
French rappeler
  • rappelertelephone someone again
German zurückrufen, zurückrufen
  • zurückrufenrequest someone's return
  • zurückrufentelephone someone again
  • wiederkommenreturn to a place where previously visited
Hungarian visszahív
  • visszahívtelephone someone again
Italian richiamare, richiamare
  • richiamarerequest someone's return
  • richiamaretelephone someone again
  • ritornarereturn to a place where previously visited
Latin revocō
  • revocōrequest someone's return
Polish oddzwaniać, oddzwonić
  • oddzwaniaćtelephone someone again
  • oddzwonićtelephone someone again
Russian перезвонить
  • перезвонить (perezvonitʹ)telephone someone again
Turkish dönmek
  • dönmektelephone someone again
Ukrainian передзво́нювати, передзвони́ти
  • передзво́нювати (peredzvónjuvaty)telephone someone again
  • передзвони́ти (peredzvonýty)telephone someone again
Cite this entry
APA

call back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20back

MLA

“call back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20back. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call back,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20back.

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