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called for

VERB
demand; entail
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ask for involve need request require suggest want
WEAK
inquire lack necessitate occasion
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dislike have
called-for
ADJECTIVE
de rigueur
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mandatory necessary obligatory required
STRONG
comme il faut conventional correct decorous done fitting meet proper right
WEAK
a must conforming to accepted standards
Antonyms
STRONG
gauche ill-advised improper inappropriate malapropos not done unacceptable unconventional unnecessary unseemly
ADJECTIVE
paged
Synonyms
STRONG
requested sought
WEAK
asked for
ADJECTIVE
prerequisite
Synonyms
STRONG
essential expedient imperative mandatory requisite
WEAK
important indispensable necessitous needful obligatory of the essence required vital
Antonyms
STRONG
inessential optional secondary unnecessary voluntary
ADJECTIVE
required
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appropriate compulsory enforced mandatory must-have necessary needed obligatory prescribed recommended requisite vital
STRONG
demanded deserved right set
WEAK
compulsatory condign due essential imperative imperious indispensable just needful prerequisite rightful suitable unavoidable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
optional voluntary
WEAK
inessential
ADJECTIVE
required/requisite
Synonyms
WEAK
appropriate compulsatory compulsory condign demanded deserved due enforced essential imperative imperious indispensable just mandatory needed needful obligatory prerequisite prescribed recommended right rightful set suitable unavoidable vital
Antonyms
WEAK
nonessential optional unnecessary
ADJECTIVE
urgent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty
WEAK
burning capital chief clamant clamorous crying demanded driving exigent foremost heavy hurry-up impelling importunate insistent instant leading life and death momentous paramount primary principal required salient top-priority touch and go touchy wanted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy facile inessential insignificant light minor needless nonessential optional secondary small trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary unsubstantial voluntary
WEAK
moderate

Example Sentences

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They, along with Porter, also called for more oversight of state homelessness spending.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

County supervisors have called for an investigation into the sheriff’s response, though he has said his deputies acted appropriately.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Paton said there were around 57,500 people with sight loss in Northern Ireland and called for better access to audio described screenings.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

After the talks, Wang called for an end to hostilities and for both countries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz "as soon as possible," his ministry said.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

It called for the police to take a series of incredibly specific measurements—the length of the right ear, for example, or the length of the left middle finger.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day