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Synonyms for schedule

26 synonyms
6 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

listing inventory roster sign-up calendar rotation

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. List — A serial record of items, systematically arranged

list, inventory, table, register, roster, listing, record, roll, catalog US, catalogue UK, registry

2. Time table — A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the…

time table, time line

3. Agenda

agenda formal US, docket

Other

calendar, sign-up, rotation, slate US

Verb

1. Time — to plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time

2. Book — to add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for

book, enroll US, enrol UK

3. Commit — to admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law

commit US, section UK

Other

reserve, enschedule rare

Definitions

n. 1
A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
Near-synonyms: timeline, timetable
n. 2
A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
The building code includes a schedule of acceptable configurations.
v. 1
To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.
The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.
v. 2
To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.
I am scheduled for classes next month.

Related words

Word family: scheduler
Phrases: on schedule

Forms

Plural: schedules → lists, inventories, tables, registers…
Past participle: scheduled
e.g. scheduled → timed, booked, enrolled, committed…

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A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

listing The ship was listing fifteen degrees to port.
inventory Ali's grandfather was a funeral inventory trader.
roster There's no one on the roster who can play defense.
calendar Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar.
rotation Five pitchers are to take the mound in rotation.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
schedule		falling
listing		steady
inventory		falling
roster		steady
calendar		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: time¹, make¹, book¹, list¹, roll¹
5 letters: table², slate¹, enrol
6 letters: record², agenda³, commit², roster², enroll², docket²
7 letters: section², reserve², listing², catalog³
8 letters: register³, calendar³, rotation³, registry³
9 letters: inventory⁴, catalogue³
10 letters: enschedule

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (table² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: planning