Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun annals
2 senses of annals
Sense 1
annals -- (reports of the work of a society or learned body etc)
=> journal -- (a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals")
Sense 2
annals, chronological record -- (a chronological account of events in successive years)
=> history, account, chronicle, story -- (a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead")