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

Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted. —

Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026 As Orion's Belt and the bright stars of winter appear in the east just after an early sunset, telescopes are added to Christmas lists. —

Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 June 2026 This is also why many email lists quietly fail. —

Sun Yi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Along with ByHeart and Nara, the past few years have ushered in competitors like Bobbie, the European brand Kendamil, and most recently, Little Spoon — all geared toward upscale, health-conscious parents, the type likely to frequent farmers markets and scrutinize ingredient lists on food packaging. —

Sarah Todd, STAT, 18 June 2026 The streamer said the film has clocked 600M views since its debut and hit the top 10 in all 93 countries where the streamer has top 10 lists. —

Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 June 2026 The dispatch Buried in my loft, alongside decades-old reporter’s notebooks, is a collection of volumes each about the size of a copy of Vanity Fair — albeit not as glossy — containing lists of brokers’ analysts. —

Ian King, CNBC, 17 June 2026 To work around this, LLM hackers turned to markup language, which, among other things, allows users to add formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links to text without the need for HTML tags. —

Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026 In the face of difficult definition, one generates lists. —

Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

Verb

For each ingredient, the site lists a short description, other foods or beverages that use it, and whether it is authorized for use by food safety regulators, including the Food and Drug Administration, the European Food Safety Authority, and Health Canada. —

Jing Feng, NBC news, 22 June 2026 Fomo lists more assets than Coinbase, is available globally, and is onboarding around 3,500 new users per day, said Park. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune, 22 June 2026 The nominating ballot lists five Pittsters in Supporting Actor and seven more in Supporting Actress. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026 The memorial lists the names of all those lost in the attacks. —

Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 20 June 2026 Even today, his headstone in Philadelphia lists the wrong date for his death. —

Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 The venue's website lists a June 28 concert by Rüfüs Du Sol and a July 7 performance by Bon Jovi, with no public events scheduled in between. —

Bryan West, USA Today, 19 June 2026 The company's quarterly report lists export controls as a continuing threat to revenue, and its guidance assumes no Data Center compute revenue from China at all. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 His resume lists educational roles in New Jersey and business ventures in Jamaica. —

Austin Horn june 16, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lists

Noun

The company says travelers can lose thousands of dollars to fake listings during high-demand events.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
On the homeownership side, roughly half of all listings were affordable in 2019 for a moderate-income household earning about $75,000.

— Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2026