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[11] calculate, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge, guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, suppose—more at ESTIMATE

2call noun 1 : SHOUT

2 : the cry of an animal (as a bird)

3 : a request or a command to come or assemble : INVITATION, SUMMONS

4 a : a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due : CLAIM

b : an instance of asking for something : REQUEST

5 : a brief usu. formal visit

6 : an act of calling on the telephone

7 : DECISION

8 : a temporary transfer of control of computer processing to a particular set of instructions

cal·la lily noun : a plant related to the arums and grown for its large white lilylike bract that surrounds a fleshy spike of small yellow flowers

call·back noun a calling back; especially : RECALL 5

call–board noun : a board for posting notices (as of rehearsal calls)

call down verb : REPRIMAND

call·er noun : one that calls : a person who makes a brief visit

Synonyms

guest, visitor

call girl noun : a prostitute with whom appointments are made by phone

cal·lig·ra·phy noun : artistic or elegant handwriting; also : the art of producing such writing

— cal·lig·ra·pher noun

call–in adjective : allowing listeners to engage in broadcast telephone conversations

call in verb 1 : to order to return or be returned

2 : to summon to one's aid

3 : to report by telephone

call·ing noun 1 : a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action

2 : the activity in which one customarily engages as an occupation

Synonyms

employment, line, occupation, profession, trade, vocation, work—more at OCCUPATION

cal·li·ope noun [ORIGIN: fr. Calliope, chief of the Muses, fr. L, fr. Gk Kalliopē]

: a keyboard musical instrument similar to an organ and made up of a series of whistles

call number noun : a combination of characters assigned to a library book to indicate its place on a shelf

call off verb : to give up (an undertaking or planned activity) : CANCEL

Synonyms

abort, call, cancel, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke—more at CANCEL

cal·los·i·ty noun, plural -ties 1 : the quality or state of being callous

2 : CALLUS 1

1callous adjective 1 : being thickened and hardened <~ skin>

2 : feeling no emotion or sympathy

— cal·lous·ly adverb

— cal·lous·ness noun

Synonyms

hard, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, pitiless, ruthless, soulless, stony, uncharitable, unfeeling, unsympathetic—more at HARD

2callous verb : to make callous

cal·low adjective [ORIGIN: ME calu bald, fr. OE]

: lacking adult sophistication

— cal·low·ness noun

Synonyms

adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, raw; also babyish, childish, infantile; boyish, girlish, maidenly, virginal, youthful; ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve); unseasoned, untrained, untried

Antonyms

adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe

call–up noun : an order to report for active military service

call up verb : to summon for active military duty

cal·lus noun 1 : a callous area on skin or bark

2 : tissue that is converted into bone in the healing of a bone fracture

— callus verb

call–waiting noun : a telephone service by which during a call in progress an incoming call is signaled (as by a click)

1calm noun 1 : a period or a condition free from storms, high winds, or rough water

2 : complete or almost complete absence of wind

3 : a state of tranquillity

Synonyms

[1, 3] calmness, hush, peace, placidity, quiet, quietness, repose, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity; also lull, pause, respite; silence; comity, concord, harmony

Antonyms

bustle, commotion, hubbub, hurly-burly, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, uproar

2calm verb 1 : to make or become calm

2 : to make peaceful : induce quietude and repose in instead of agitation, passion, or excitement — often used with down

Synonyms

[1, 2] allay, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, still, tranquilize; also alleviate, assuage, ease, mitigate, relieve; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate; lull, relax,