phone, telephone
long
quick, short
I'll just make a quick phone call.

local
international, long-distance
collect (esp. AmE)
incoming
outgoing
conference
business, follow-up, sales, telemarketing (esp. AmE)
We always make follow-up calls to ensure customer satisfaction.

personal
We're not supposed to make personal calls from work.

emergency, urgent
He received an urgent call and had to leave.

frantic
She made a frantic phone call to her mother.

anonymous, crank, hoax (esp. BrE), nuisance (esp. BrE), prank, unsolicited
missed
The screen display said ‘8 missed calls’.

wake-up
I ordered a wake-up call for 6.30 the next morning.
Last night's defeat should be a wake-up call for the team. (figurative)

give sb, make, place
Give us a call to say when you have arrived.
She placed an anonymous call to the Dutch Embassy in Dublin.

get, have, receive
answer, deal with, field, handle, take
I'll take the call upstairs.
He spent the whole day fielding calls from concerned parents.

return
I left a message but he didn't return my call.

expect
Could you get off the phone? I'm expecting a call.

miss
She was out and missed an important call.

end, finish
I ended the call as quickly as possible.

put through, transfer
Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.

intercept, monitor, screen, trace
The police managed to trace the call.

box (BrE)
centre/center

call for
Were there any calls for me while I was out?

call from
You had a call from Fred.

call to
I made a call to a friend in London.

loud
distinctive
the distinctive call of the cuckoo

alarm, distress
bird
clarion, rallying (both figurative)
This election is a clarion call for our country to face the challenges of the new era.

let out, make, sound
The mosque was sounding the call to prayer.

hear

call for
a call for help

call to
the morning call to prayer

business, courtesy, sales, social
house
The doctor does not usually make house calls.

make, pay (sb)
The doctor has several calls to make this morning.

on a call
She's out on a call.

call on
When he went to Ethiopia, his first call was on the ambassador.

first port of call, last port of call, next port of call
Our first port of call (= the first place we went) was the bank.

renewed, repeated
last
This is the last call for PAM flight 199 to Salvador.

strike (BrE)

issue
renew, repeat
Campaigners have renewed their call for an independent inquiry.

answer, heed, respond to
It is unlikely that they will heed calls for a crackdown.
Around 10 000 workers heeded the union's strike call. (BrE)

ignore, reject, resist
The government has resisted the calls of the international community.

button
He pushed the call button for the flight attendant.

call for
The charity issued a call for donations to assist victims of the earthquake.

a call to action
The book is a call to action.

a call to arms (= a strong request for people to fight in the army)
The president's speech was a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream.

tough
close
judgement/judgment
line, strike (both sports)

commonly, frequently
Buenos Aires is often called the Paris of South America.

formerly, originally
The area was formerly called West Meadow.

affectionately
His friends affectionately call him ‘Bear’.

just, simply
a character whom the writer calls simply ‘The Girl’

officially
The system is officially called the NPV System.

collectively
a range of very small organisms, collectively called nanoplankton

variously
a tree variously called ‘rowan’ and ‘mountain ash’

aptly, rightly
tentatively
He is writing a novel, tentatively called ‘My Future’.

euphemistically
soldiers killed by what is euphemistically called ‘friendly fire’

by
We usually call him by his nickname.

you could hardly call sth …, you would hardly call sth …
You could hardly call the show perfect, but it was successful.

softly
loudly
out
She called out in pain.

for
He called for help, but no one could hear.

to
a female penguin calling to her mate

back
I'll call back later.
Leave a message and I'll call you back.

ahead
You should call ahead to make sure that seats are available.

free (BrE), toll-free (AmE)
Call us free/toll-free on this number.

collect (AmE)

Call is used with these nouns as the subject:
critic, duty, judge, prosecution, viewer, voice

Call is used with these nouns as the object:
assembly, attention, cab, ceasefire, conference, congress, coward, desk, doctor, election, elevator, firefighter, fool, foul, greeting, halt, head, hotline, idiot, inspector, liar, meeting, name, news conference, number, office, phone, pitch, play, police, policeman, press conference, realtor, reception, recess, referendum, register, retreat, roll, servant, session, stoppage, strike, summit, switchboard, taxi, toss, traitor, truce, vet, veterinarian, waiter, waitress, witness