What are some opposite words for record?

Antonyms for record
rɪˈkɔrd; ˈrɛk ərdrecord

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. record

    A memorial is any object, whether a writing, a monument, or other permanent thing that is designed or adapted to keep something in remembrance. Record is a word of wide signification, applying to any writing, mark, or trace that serves as a memorial giving enduring attestation of an event or fact; an extended account, chronicle, or history is a record; so, too, may be a brief inventory or memorandum; the inscription on a tombstone is a record of the dead; the striæ on a rock-surface are the record of a glacier's passage. A register is a formal or official written record, especially a series of entries made for preservation or reference; as, a register of births and deaths. Archives, in the sense here considered, are documents or records, often legal records, preserved in a public or official depository; the word archives is also applied to the place where such documents are regularly deposited and preserved. Muniments (Latin munio, fortify) are records that enable one to defend his title. Compare HISTORY; STORY.

    Synonyms:
    account, archive, catalogue, chronicle, document, enrolment, entry, enumeration, history, inscription, instrument, inventory, memorandum, memorial, muniment, register, roll, schedule, scroll

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 7 votes

  1. recordnoun

    anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

    "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"

    Antonyms:
    delete, erase

    Synonyms:
    disk, phonograph recording, phonograph record, book, disc, track record, criminal record, platter, record book

  2. phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platternoun

    sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    disk, magnetic disc, saucer, phonograph recording, phonograph record, magnetic disk, book, disc, track record, criminal record, platter, record book

  3. recordnoun

    the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

    "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    disk, phonograph recording, phonograph record, book, disc, track record, criminal record, platter, record book

  4. record, track recordnoun

    the sum of recognized accomplishments

    "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    disk, phonograph recording, phonograph record, book, disc, track record, criminal record, platter, record book

  5. record, record book, booknoun

    a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

    "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    disc, phonograph record, platter, account book, rule book, disk, phonograph recording, ledger, al-Qur'an, criminal record, book, book of account, track record, volume, script, playscript, record book, leger

  6. recordnoun

    an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

    "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record"

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    disk, phonograph recording, phonograph record, book, disc, track record, criminal record, platter, record book

  7. recordnoun

    a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

    "they could find no record of the purchase"

    Antonyms:
    delete, erase

    Synonyms:
    disk, phonograph recording, phonograph record, book, disc, track record, criminal record, platter, record book

  8. criminal record, recordverb

    a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

    "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long"

    Antonyms:
    delete, erase

    Synonyms:
    disk, track record, criminal record, record book, book, disc, phonograph recording, phonograph record, platter

  9. record, enter, put downverb

    make a record of; set down in permanent form

    Antonyms:
    delete, erase

    Synonyms:
    move into, land, figure, repose, bring down, commemorate, insert, read, introduce, go into, register, show, participate, destroy, drop off, embark, get down, place down, enrol, demean, come in, write down, accede, lay, immortalize, degrade, inscribe, memorialise, take down, get in, disgrace, infix, put down, unload, tape, get into, drop, enter, discharge, enroll, recruit, immortalise, go in, set down, memorialize

  10. record, tapeverb

    register electronically

    "They recorded her singing"

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    memorialize, immortalize, memorialise, show, videotape, enter, register, tape, immortalise, read, commemorate, put down

  11. read, register, show, recordverb

    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"

    Antonyms:
    delete, erase

    Synonyms:
    express, demo, read, register, show, testify, establish, depict, evidence, put down, take, exhibit, point, indicate, say, picture, memorialize, cross-file, shew, file, immortalize, usher, scan, designate, memorialise, render, study, evince, prove, tape, present, demonstrate, understand, interpret, enter, commemorate, translate, immortalise, learn, show up, bear witness

  12. record, registerverb

    be aware of

    "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

    Antonyms:
    delete, erase

    Synonyms:
    cross-file, memorialize, file, immortalize, memorialise, show, enter, register, tape, immortalise, read, commemorate, put down

  13. commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, recordverb

    be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

    "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"

    Antonyms:
    erase, delete

    Synonyms:
    eternalize, enter, eternalise, put down, mark, immortalize, register, eternize, remember, memorialize, memorialise, commemorate, tape, read, immortalise, eternise, show

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. recordnoun

    Synonyms:
    register, memoir, diary, chronicle, minute, memorandum, note, annals, document, muniment, cartulary, testimony, witness, attestation

How to use record in a sentence?

  1. Lindsey Vonn:

    Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.

  2. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    Evaluating the President's record is not a theoretical exercise. We've got numbers that we can consider, the President's track record on issues important to middle-class families and important to Democrats is unimpeachable.

  3. Julie Wood:

    Even before his speech, it's easy to predict that Donald Trump will lie about Donald Trump record and the negative impact his presidency has had on the American people, this new ad fact-checks and contrasts him with Mike Bloomberg -- the strongest candidate to beat Trump in November.

  4. Brian Welch:

    With Webb, we may see stars even farther than Earendel, which would be incredibly exciting, we’ll go as far back as we can. I would love to see Webb break Earendel’s distance record.

  5. Nick Clegg:

    For the first time ever, the Liberal Democrats go into this campaign with a record of action in government to be extremely proud of, we have kept the government in the center ground and shown that we are the only party that can build a stronger economy and a fairer society.

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