checklist

noun

check·​list ˈchek-ˌlist 

: a list of things to be checked or done

a pilot's checklist before takeoff

also : a comprehensive list

Synonyms

• canon
• catalog
• catalogue
• list
• listing
• menu
• register
• registry
• roll
• roll call
• roster
• schedule
• table

Examples of checklist in a Sentence

Before takeoff the pilot went down his checklist of safety precautions.

I still have one thing left to do on my checklist.

a checklist of bird species

Recent Examples on the Web

The hip is the sorest spot of the ailments on that checklist, while the team is still testing for concussion symptoms. —Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025

The businesses that thrive are the ones that recognize SEO is not a checklist, but an adaptive strategy. —Roi Sorezki, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025

There is an even spread of success and failure, of ethnicities and inherited dysfunction, along with a predictable checklist of social problems endemic to deprivation. —Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025

When Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40 launched in 2018, the brand had a checklist of criteria. —Sophia Panych, Allure, 15 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for checklist

• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• consist
• desist
• dismissed
• enlist
• exist
• insist
• oocyst
• persist
• resist

Kids Definition

checklist

noun

check·​list ˈchek-ˌlist 

: a list of items to be referred to