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recall

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of recall

1 a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered

  • his recall of the events of that turbulent time is significantly different from the accounts of other eyewitnesses
Synonyms of recall

anamnesis, memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence
Words Related to recall

flashback

memento, memorial, reminder, souvenir, token

association

2 the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to

  • we canʼt get a refund on the plane tickets, so the trip is beyond recall
Synonyms of recall

abandonment, abortion, calling, calling off, cancellation (also cancelation), dropping, recision, repeal, rescission, revocation
Words Related to recall

annulment, invalidation, neutralization, nullification, voidance

abolishment, abolition, ending, halting, stopping, termination

giving up, relinquishment, surrender

reversal, rollback
Near Antonyms of recall

beginning, commencement, initiation

engagement, undertaking
Antonyms of recall

continuation

recall

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of recall

1 to bring back to mind

  • I donʼt recall meeting you before
Synonyms of recall

flash back (to), hark back (to), harken back (to), hearken back (to), mind [chiefly dialect], recollect, remember, reminisce (about), reproduce, think (of)
Words Related to recall

recapture, recur

educe, elicit, evoke, extract, raise, remind

relive

represent
Near Antonyms of recall

misremember

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook

lose, miss

blank (out)
Antonyms of recall

disremember, forget, unlearn

2 to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

  • Iʼll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that itʼll arrive before Christmas
Synonyms of recall

abandon, abort, call, call off, cancel, cry off, drop, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub
Words Related to recall

abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off

recant, retract, take back, withdraw

countermand, reverse, roll back

break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate

hold back, interrupt, suspend

give up, relinquish, surrender
Near Antonyms of recall

engage, pledge, promise

begin, commence, initiate, start

take on, take up, undertake
Antonyms of recall

continue, keep

Synonym Discussion of recall

remember, recollect, recall, remind, reminisce mean to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind. remember implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled.
    • remembers that day as though it were yesterday
recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered.
    • as near as I can recollect
recall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech.
    • can't recall the words of the song
remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity.
    • that reminds me of a story
reminisce implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone.
    • old college friends like to reminisce

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