Synonyms of register

register 1 of 3

verb

1

as in to enroll

to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member

please register me for the yoga class

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enroll
• list
• enlist
• matriculate
• inscribe
• induct
• schedule
• muster
• book
• conscript
• impanel
• draft
• wait-list
• check in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exclude
• reject
• expel
• omit
• delist
• check off
• expunge
• overlook

2

as in to log

to make a written note of

the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• log
• record
• transcribe
• enter
• report
• note
• mark
• write down
• jot (down)
• set down
• take down
• minute
• put down
• chronicle
• inscribe
• chalk (up)
• enregister
• notch
• score

3

as in to enter

to put (someone or something) on a list

I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enter
• list
• record
• enroll
• file
• index
• catalog
• schedule
• slate
• inscribe
• book
• card
• compile
• put down
• classify
• note
• tabulate
• tally
• reschedule

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delete

4

as in to understand

to have a clear idea of

I'm not registering what you're saying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understand
• know
• decipher
• recognize
• see
• comprehend
• grasp
• get
• appreciate
• realize
• perceive
• discern
• decode
• sense
• conceive
• assimilate
• seize
• make
• apprehend
• tumble (to)
• cotton (to or on to)
• dig
• catch on (to)
• make out
• catch
• behold
• twig
• intuit
• compass
• pick up on
• cognize
• grok
• absorb
• digest
• savvy
• take in
• fathom
• penetrate
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• misread
• misunderstand
• mistake
• misinterpret
• misconstrue
• misconceive
• misperceive
• misapprehend

register

2 of 3

noun (1)

as in registrar

an official whose job is to keep records

ask the county register for a copy of your birth certificate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• registrar
• clerk
• secretary
• recorder
• reporter
• bookkeeper
• scribe
• archivist
• historian
• chronicler
• transcriptionist
• documenter
• annalist

register

3 of 3

noun (2)

ˈre-jə-stər 

as in list

a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system

check the voter register to see if it has my current party affiliation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• list
• listing
• registry
• catalog
• roll
• directory
• roll call
• schedule
• roster
• bibliography
• checklist
• index
• table
• menu
• chronology
• compilation
• canon
• docket
• agenda
• payroll
• inventory
• manifest
• calendar
• enumeration
• glossary
• compendium
• catalogue raisonné
• timetable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of register

Verb

Aguilar, the Nevada secretary of state, said members of his office ended up on a video conference call in August with DHS representatives alleging that there could be as many as 15,903 noncitizens registered to vote in Nevada. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Atlantic analysis that found over 20% of undergraduates at Harvard and Brown are registered as disabled, while Amherst has 34% and Stanford close to 40%. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Noun

Like the community registers, yizker bikher have a somewhat chaotic, idiosyncratic organization to them. — Jennifer Rich, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Members of the orchestra, and sometimes the music director, select the excerpts to test technical skills, for example rhythmic precision or control in the high register. — Jeremy Reynolds Ross Mantle, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026