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Recall

The action or fact of calling someone or something back.

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📖 Definitions of "Recall"

noun

1
The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
2
Memory; the ability to remember.
3
(information retrieval) the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search

verb

1
To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
2
To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc.
"He was recalled to service after his retirement."
3
To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
4
To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect.

🔄 Synonyms of "Recall"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
echonoun	A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
withdrawverb	(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
anamnesisnoun	The ability to recall past events; recollection.
returnnoun	(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
recollectionnoun	The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
remembrancenoun	The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
thinkverb	(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
retrieveverb	(transitive) To regain or get back something.
come backverb	(intransitive) To return to a place.
rememberverb	To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
hark backverb	(intransitive) (figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event).
call backverb	To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
remindverb	(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
call upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
call inverb	(intransitive, copulative) To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
recollectverb	To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

↔️ Antonyms of "Recall"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
issuenoun	The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
supplynoun	(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
blank outverb	To temporarily lose memory.
draw a blankverb	(idiomatic) To be unable to recall a required piece of information.
forgetverb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Recall"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
withdrawverb	(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
come backverb	(intransitive) To return to a place.
returnnoun	(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
retrieveverb	(transitive) To regain or get back something.
call backverb	To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
recollectverb	To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
remindverb	(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
rememberverb	To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
recollectionnoun	The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
remembrancenoun	The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
anamnesisnoun	The ability to recall past events; recollection.
call upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
thinkverb	(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
echonoun	A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
call inverb	(intransitive, copulative) To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
hark backverb	(intransitive) (figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event).
withdrawingnoun	withdrawal
retreatnoun	The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
withdrawalnoun	A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
revocationnoun	An act or instance of revoking.