Call
Call verb - To give a name to.
Usage example: we've decided to call the kitten “Molly”
Tag
Tag verb - To attach an identifying slip to.
Usage example: tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack
How words are described
| old | old call | old tag |
| good | good call | good tag |
| high | high call | high tag |
| full | full call | full tag |
| Other adjectives: normal, right, original, fake, dead, single, simple, actual, real, big, huge, little, quick, interesting, personal, new, early, final, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Lizzie becomes emotionally attached to a particular walker on the fence because it's wearing a name tag, which gives her something to call it.
Source: Incongruously Dressed Zombie - When Leroux is about to call security after noticing the tag is missing, Evan finds the dropped tag in the inventory room.
Source: Film / The Red Violin -
They might as well call themselves "Hugh Mann" and walk around with a name-tag reading "I'm Most Definitely Not A Space Alien" - it would make for about as convincing a disguise.
Source: Hugh Mann
Cite this Source
Tag and Call. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/call/tag
Call & Tag. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/call/tag>.
Tag or Call. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/call/tag.
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