Synonyms of files

files 1 of 3

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of file

as in rubs

to make smooth by friction

beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rubs
• sands
• polishes
• grinds
• rasps
• buffs
• scrapes
• sharpens
• planes
• hones
• smooths
• edges
• glosses
• scours
• dresses
• shines
• sandblasts
• burnishes
• whets
• regrinds
• strops

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coarsens
• roughens
• roughs (up)
• scuffs

files

2 of 3

verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of file

as in marches

to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group

to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marches
• strides
• steps
• paces
• parades
• stamps
• treads
• goose-steps
• perambulates
• stomps
• hikes
• traipses
• tramps
• trudges
• lumbers
• plods

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wanders
• strolls
• meanders
• rambles
• ambles

files

3 of 3

noun

plural of file

as in queues

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another

a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• queues
• columns
• lines
• strings
• rows
• trains
• ranges
• cues
• ranks
• sequences
• chains
• arrays
• tiers
• echelons
• progressions
• successions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of files

Verb

Clancy’s defense files an emergency appeal to further question the holdout juror, but the appeal is denied. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

The audience files in quietly, takes their seats, and applauds with almost formal restraint when Olivia and William emerge. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026

Breakthrough Institute found 10 organizations files 67% of forest management lawsuits examined. — Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026

Once collection efforts escalate, though, and a creditor or debt collector files a lawsuit, the problem takes on a different level of urgency. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Even if this $70M net production files an opening between $30M-$35M domestic, it’s not cursed. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

His name appears in the Justice Department's Epstein files thousands of times. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

One of his cousins raises a fist in triumph as everyone files out, completely stunned that this day actually arrived. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Today, four of the 12 largest online sellers to American consumers -- Temu, SHEIN, TikTok Shop and AliExpress -- appear nowhere in NRF's Top 100, because none of them files with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a US retailer. — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Noun

This absence drives Shimoda to unearth historical records like FBI files; to visit Manzanar, the concentration camp his grandfather was sent to in Missouri; and to travel to his grandfather’s ancestral homeland in Japan. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

For larger workloads, batch processing can handle multiple files for tasks such as conversion, merging, compression, OCR, printing, encryption, and adding or removing watermarks. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

The records, some of which have surfaced before, span files from the 1940s to government accounts of sightings as recently as this year. — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

That complexity can mean longer trajectories, harder reasoning tasks, and more files in an environment. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

The files also included an extensive transcript of the original police interviews with Doe, the Times reported. — Jason Carroll, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Hamilton’s spokesperson Tyson Brody called on Marshall to release all of the files in Zimmerman’s case. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Wilhelm testified the files were related to Flynn's relationship with Botner and matched lyrics investigators found saved in the phone's notes app. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The administration said the Department of Homeland Security can respond to more than 1 million requests per day to check if a person appears to be a citizen or not based on Social Security records and other data files. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026