Synonyms of recollect

recollect 1 of 2

verb (1)

ˌre-kə-ˈlekt 

as in to remember

to bring back to mind

I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remember
• recall
• mind
• think (of)
• reproduce
• remind
• reminisce (about)
• recapture
• hark back (to)
• hearken back (to)
• flash back (to)
• harken back (to)
• evoke
• recur
• extract
• elicit
• relive
• represent
• educe
• raise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• disremember
• lose
• unlearn
• disregard
• miss
• neglect
• overlook
• misremember
• blank (out)

re-collect

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verb (2)

ˌrē-kə-ˈlekt 

1

as in to contain

to gain emotional or mental control of

she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contain
• compose
• collect
• calm
• control
• restrain
• settle
• recover
• hold back
• rally
• soothe
• still
• lull
• quiet
• tranquilize

2

as in to retrieve

to get again in one's possession

I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retrieve
• recapture
• regain
• recover
• reclaim
• get back
• retake
• reacquire
• recoup
• repossess
• replenish
• recruit
• redeem
• rescue
• repurchase

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• misplace
• mislay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recollect

Verb

Such contracts are nothing new in Hollywood, and many scholars of classic Hollywood will likely recollect the strict contracts studios had for their stars in that era. —Clement Obropta, IndieWire, 16 June 2025

Wright was speaking at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival and recollected her battle for equal pay on the Netflix hit. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 June 2025

Verb

With photonic cooling, the light emitted via anti-Stokes fluorescence can be recovered by re-collecting the light into fiber-optic cables and then converting it to electricity through thermophotovoltaics, leading to upwards of 60 percent energy recovery. —IEEE Spectrum, 16 Oct. 2025