recall

Nouns

  • (n) a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) callback,
  • (n) a call to return
    • the recall of our ambassador
  • (n) a bugle call that signals troops to return
  • (n) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
    • he has total recall of the episode
    recollection, reminiscence,
  • (n) the act of removing an official by petition

Verbs

  • (v) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
    • I can't remember saying any such thing
    • I can't think what her last name was
    • can you remember her phone number?
    • Do you remember that he once loved you?
    • call up memories
    recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think,
  • (v) go back to something earlier
    • This harks back to a previous remark of his
    hark back, come back, return,
  • (v) call to mind
    • His words echoed John F. Kennedy
    echo,
  • (v) summon to return
    • The ambassador was recalled to his country
    • The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
    call back,
  • (v) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
    • She was recalled by a loud laugh
  • (v) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
    • The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
  • (v) cause to be returned
    • recall the defective auto tires
    • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
    call back, withdraw, call in,

Synonyms

callback recollect remember call back call up retrieve think hark back come back return echo recollection reminiscence withdraw call in

Antonyms

blank out draw a blank forget block issue supply

See also

think back remember

Words of close approximity

recap
recant recast
recall dose