Synonyms for memory
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Retention
retention, retentiveness rare, retentivity rare
3. Recollection
recollection, reminiscence, mind, remembrance, remembering, retrospection, retrospect
Definitions
- n. 1
The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- n. 2
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
I have no memory of that event.
- n. 3
The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
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Forms
- Plural
- memories → retentions, retentivities, storages, stores…
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Memory is the faculty by which knowledge is retained or recalled; in a more general sense, memory is a retention of knowledge within the grasp of the mind, while remembrance is the having what is known consciously before the mind.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- recollection Dan said he had no recollection of mugging Linda.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| memory | rising | |
| recollection | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mind1, core1
- 5 letters
- store1
- 7 letters
- storage2
- 9 letters
- retention3, pelmanism
- 10 letters
- retrospect3
- 11 letters
- remembering4, remembrance3, retentivity
- 12 letters
- recollection4, reminiscence4
- 13 letters
- retrospection, retentiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (storage2 = 2 syllables).