LISTS Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

plural of list

as in listings

a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system we put eggs, sour cream, tomatoes, roast beef, and cheddar cheese on the shopping list

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noun (2)

plural of list

as in tips

the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle the extreme list of the racing yacht made it hard for the untried crew to keep their balance

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lists

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noun (3)

plural of list

as in strips

a long narrow piece of material shave a thin list from the side of the board

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lists

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of list

as in inventories

to make a list of the coach listed the people on the team

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as in records

to put (someone or something) on a list her number isn't listed in the phone book

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deletes

as in enrolls

to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member our grandfather is listed among the war dead honored by the memorial

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as in recites

to specify one after another do I need to list all of the reasons why your idea won't work?

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generalizes

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of list

as in tilts

to set or cause to be at an angle the sudden shift of the load in the hull listed the ship badly

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Recent Examples of lists

Noun

Those lists can be sold or shared with other criminals. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026 In addition to the Hot Country Songs ranking, the single also commands the Digital Song Sales, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales lists. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 Forbes lists are largely a status symbol for the 1%, but as the business publication has expanded its purview — and as the music business has grown legit billionaires — its lists and criteria have grown. —

Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 June 2026 Subscribers to Instagram Plus can also create multiple audience lists to share certain content with specific groups of people. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 June 2026 More shoppers are pausing in the grocery store to take a closer look at ingredient lists, especially since many products nowadays contain mysterious additives. —

Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 That’s the kind of result that comes from a curriculum built around how people actually speak, not vocabulary lists stripped of context. —

Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026 Later this year, users will be able to import lists from other streaming services and react to other people’s lists. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026 One interesting feature is the merging of the English and Non-English language lists, whereas Netflix separates the two. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 June 2026

Verb

His biography on the FHFA site lists career experience in housing and philanthropy, but none in intelligence. —

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 June 2026 The University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology lists Proctor as an assistant teaching professor. —

Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026 The California ballot is nineteen inches long, and lists sixty-one candidates for governor. —

Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 But the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation lists HBOT as an emerging therapy for long COVID. —

Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 1 June 2026 PitchBook lists Qiming Venture Partners among the startup’s backers. —

Katie Tarasov,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 June 2026 Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation currently lists 57 private flood insurance providers operating in the state. —

Larry Seward, CBS News, 1 June 2026 Subaru lists no extra factory option package above that for the Limited XT although some colors, including Deep Emerald Green Pearl and River Rock Pearl, will cost you $395. —

Josh Max, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 The report lists three unknown suspects. —

Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lists

Noun

All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The firm has also had 15 exits in the region as public markets recover, including the listings of International Gemological Institute and Aadhar Housing Finance in India, as well as the exit of Japan's Alinamin Pharmaceutical.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 June 2026