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Synonyms of record in English:

record


See US English definition of record

See UK English definition of record

See Spanish definition of documento

noun

1‘written records of the past’

SYNONYMS
account, accounts, document, documents, documentation, data, file, files, dossier, dossiers, information, evidence, report, reports
annal, annals, archive, archives, chronicle, chronicles
note, notes, minutes, transactions, proceedings, transcript, transcripts
certificate, certificates, deed, deeds, instrument, instruments
diary, journal, memoir
register, log, logbook
yearbook, almanac
inventory, list, catalogue
case history, case study, casebook
procès-verbal
dated act, acts
rare muniment, muniments

2‘I spent a lot of time listening to records’

SYNONYMS
album
vinyl
tape, cassette, disc, compact disc, CD
recording, release
dated gramophone record, LP, long-player, single, forty-five, twelve-inch, twelve-inch single, EP, extended-play
seventy-eight, 78
British dated black disc
North American dated phonograph record

3‘he would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record’

SYNONYMS
previous conduct, previous performance, track record, previous accomplishments, previous achievements, career to date, history, past, life history, background
reputation
curriculum vitae

4‘he's got a record as long as my arm’

SYNONYMS
criminal record, police record, list of offences, list of previous convictions
previous
history of crime
Military crime sheet
British informal form
North American informal rap sheet

5‘it was my greatest race and a British record’

SYNONYMS
best performance, highest achievement, star performance
best time, fastest time, furthest distance
personal best
world record

6‘a personal and lasting record of what they have achieved’

SYNONYMS
reminder, memorial, souvenir, memento, token, token of remembrance, remembrance, keepsake, testimony, testament, testimonial, witness, monument

adjective

1‘the company announced record pre-tax profits’

SYNONYMS
record-breaking, best ever, its best, one's best, optimum, unbeaten, unsurpassed, unparalleled, unequalled, superlative, second to none, never previously achieved
ANTONYMS

worst


verb

1‘the doctor recorded her blood pressure on a chart’

SYNONYMS
write down, set down, put in writing, put down, take down, note, make a note of, jot down, put down on paper, commit to paper
document, put on record, post
enter, minute, register, chronicle, file, put on file, chart, docket, log
inscribe, transcribe
list, catalogue, make an inventory of
rare diarize

2‘the thermometer recorded a temperature of 99°F’

SYNONYMS
indicate, register, read, show, display

3‘the team recorded their fourth away win of the season’

SYNONYMS
achieve, accomplish, gain, earn, chalk up, notch up, turn in
informal clock up

4‘the recital was recorded live at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’

SYNONYMS
make a record of, make a recording of, tape, tape-record
video-record, videotape, video, audiotape
telerecord

5‘he took time out from working with the band to record a new solo album’

SYNONYMS
make, produce, cut, put on disc, put on tape
informal lay down, put on wax

Phrases

    off the record

    1‘he was at pains to emphasize that his comments were off the record’


    SYNONYMS
    unofficial, confidential, in confidence, in strict confidence, not for publication, not for public consumption, not to be made public, not for circulation, not to be disclosed, not to be mentioned, private, secret, classified, under wraps, to be kept under wraps
    ANTONYMS

    official

    2‘senior opposition figures are beginning to admit, off the record, that they made a mistake’


    SYNONYMS
    unofficially, privately, in confidence, in strict confidence, confidentially, between ourselves
    sub rosa
    in petto
    entre nous
    informal between you, me, and the bedpost, and the gatepost
    archaic under the rose
    ANTONYMS

    officially, publicly