summon

Meaning

Verb

1. To call people together; to convene.
2. To ask someone to come; to send for.
3. To order (goods) and have delivered
4. To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
5. To call a resource by magic.
6. To summons; convene.

Noun

1. A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
2. call, command, order

Noun

1. (colloquial,slang) A fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation.
2. (colloquial,slang) A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.

Synonyms

call

invite

send for

call for

convene

cite

convoke

call together

beckon

assemble

call up

subpoena

demand

request

invoke

call out

shout

ask

bid

muster up

rally

gather

ask for

hail

summons

muster

call to

name

order

call in

accuse

call to come

mobilize

mobilise

pick

⛏️

ask to come

marshal

dare

appeal

present

ready

challenge

welcome

come up

raise

recall

receive

recruit

refer

require

ring up

scrape

signboard

sue

take out

take up

tell

throw down the gauntlet

transmit

vouch

whip

work up

appoint to

call forth

drum up

scrape up

swear out

cause to appear

get used to call

swift horse

canvass for

cause to arrive

call someone to come

subpaena

call towards one

appeal to

appoint

arraign

ask in

beat up

bring in

call down

call on

catch

collect

command

compel

conjure

cry out

decree

defy

dial

dictate

direct

draft

draw

enjoin

evoke

exact

farm

get

glean

go under

govern

hand down

induct

instruct

introduce

page

perpetuate

place

poster

preach

prescribe

proclaim

propagate

pull in

quote

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌmən/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”).