Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun recall
5 senses of recall
Sense 1
recall, callback -- (a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair))
=> request, asking -- (the verbal act of requesting)
Sense 2
recall -- (a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador")
=> call -- (a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips")
Sense 3
recall -- (a bugle call that signals troops to return)
=> bugle call -- (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)
Sense 4
recall, recollection, reminiscence -- (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode")
=> memory, remembering -- (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father")
Sense 5
recall -- (the act of removing an official by petition)
=> abrogation, repeal, annulment -- (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)
Antonyms of verb recall
1 of 7 senses of recall
Sense 6
recall -- (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty")
Antonym of issue (Sense 2)
=> issue, supply -- (circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb recall
7 senses of recall
Sense 1
remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think -- (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")
Sense 2
hark back, return, come back, recall -- (go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his")
=> denote, refer -- (have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' ")
Sense 3
echo, recall -- (call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy")
=> resemble -- (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work")
Sense 4
recall, call back -- (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, send for -- (order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!")
Sense 5
recall -- (cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh")
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet -- (direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies")
Sense 6
recall -- (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty")
=> cancel, strike down -- (declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law")
Sense 7
recall, call in, call back, withdraw -- (cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt")
=> take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks")