Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun directory

2 senses of directory

Sense 1
directory -- (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)
       => reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts -- (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic")

Sense 2
directory -- ((computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk))
       => list, listing -- (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))