Synonyms of summoning

summoning

verb

present participle of summon

1

as in calling

to demand or request the presence or service of

without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calling
• asking
• hailing
• inviting
• requesting
• sending for
• ordering
• citing
• invoking
• assembling
• convening
• beckoning
• mustering
• bidding
• ringing
• calling out
• convoking
• demanding
• subpoenaing
• calling up
• commanding
• requisitioning
• whistling
• buzzing
• knelling
• paging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• sending (away)
• turning away
• banishing
• expelling
• ejecting
• routing
• ousting
• casting out
• drumming (out)
• running off
• kicking out
• throwing out
• outing
• booting (out)
• turfing (out)

2

as in gathering

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers

managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gathering
• evoking
• eliciting
• getting up
• conjuring (up)
• raising
• educing

3

as in mustering

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command

summoned a special session of parliament

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mustering
• calling
• assembling
• convening
• convoking
• gathering
• rallying
• collecting
• grouping
• calling out
• calling in
• amassing
• calling up
• reassembling
• knelling
• reconvening
• rounding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissolving
• breaking up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of summoning

That prompted South Korea to accuse Ukraine of breaching a nondisclosure agreement about the transfer and summoning Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires for an explanation. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

The women recall Haworth summoning them to a garage where they were pressured to undress and have fully nude photos taken of themselves as rock ‘n’ roll music blared. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Before this dilemma can play out, Hal triggers an Indiana Jones–esque booby trap inside the compound’s stronghold, summoning Macon’s men with their advanced weaponry. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

After the initial group of firefighters got to the scene, a second alarm was called, summoning more fire and hazardous material crews to the blaze. — Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

The woods could be hiding places of witches and sorcerers, disguised as the old and feeble, but capable of summoning wonder and terrors, charms as well as curses. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Various Maji clans such as the Omi Clan, or Maji of Water, and Ikú Clan, or Maji of Life and Death, practice different forms of magic, with Omi Tiders wielding waves and Ikù Reapers, like Zelie’s mother, summoning souls. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 July 2026

The book recounts the Russian attack on the town through the eyes of a magical forest spirit who protects it, summoning floodwaters and winds to drive away the invaders. — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Attendees will enter the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box, summoning the Cenobites and opening a gateway to a dimension full of unspeakable horrors. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026