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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

memento, memorial, reminder, souvenir, token

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

we can't 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

recall

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of recall

1 to bring back to mind

I don't 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

Near Antonyms of recall

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook

Antonyms of recall

disremember, forget, unlearn

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

I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll 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

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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