RECORDS Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of record

as in chronologies

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened the town paper published a record of the debate, as well as a synopsis of each candidate's stance on the major questions

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Relevance

as in annals

an account of important events in the order in which they happened historical records on the rise of the Roman Empire are plentiful

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verb

present tense third-person singular of record

as in logs

to make a written note of the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference

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as in lists

to put (someone or something) on a list he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered

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Recent Examples of records

Noun

The school’s head coach was Harry Johnson, who guided South distance runners to national high school records in five different events. —

Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026 According to Collin County, Texas, court records, the former couple entered into a temporary settlement on Wednesday, April 15. —

Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 Property records show the owners listed the property for sale in June 2023 but that the listing was removed the following month. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. —

Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026 Electronic health records confirmed what the doctors suspected. —

ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Put the records next to those lists and the picture is obvious. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026 On Wednesday, the day before Curran’s death, a judge had granted a request to modify the no-contact order, allowing Curran and the mayor to have contact over the phone and in public, court records show. —

Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 Court records show that the victim was 9 years old. —

Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026

Verb

In the case of Redscroll Records in Wallingford, one of the biggest record stores in the state, this year there are 361 sought after titles (mostly records with a handful of CDs), said Rick Sinkiewicz, who owns the store with business partner Josh Carlson. —

Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Pritzker, a billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir seeking a rare third term as governor in November and eyeing a bid for the White House in 2028, made two contributions to Illinois Future PAC totaling $5 million in late February and early March, according to Federal Election Commission records. —

Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Court records state Conaway reached into the front of the car and put it in park. —

Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026 Cerina Fairfax filed for divorce on July 18, 2025, and the case status is pending, according to Fairfax County Circuit Court records. —

Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026 Court records back up her account, and Gaff was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and burglary in the case. —

Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The maintenance records only date back to 2016, but the county’s tab for the stretch of road was $15,745 for that period. —

Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 An inscription from Rome records a Provocator who fought with a spatha, a long cavalry sword, not the standard short gladius. —

Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 The memoir records the workings of Mughal rule, describing dealings with courtiers and envoys. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for records

Noun

Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025