Definitions

lists

[lists] / lɪsts /

NOUN

record, tabulation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

account agenda archive ballot bill calendar catalog checklist dictionary directory draft file index inventory lineup listing menu poll program schedule series table tally ticket

STRONG

arrangement brief bulletin canon catalogue census contents docket enumeration gazette invoice lexicon loop manifest memorandum outline panel prospectus register roll row screed scroll slate statistics syllabus thesaurus timetable vocabulary

WEAK

roll call

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganization

VERB

keep a record; tabulate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classify detail enter file note place post register specify spell out

STRONG

arrange bill book calender catalogue census chart chronicle docket enroll enumerate index inscribe insert inventory invoice itemize manifest numerate particularize peg poll record schedule specialize tab tally

WEAK

button down keep count put down as put down for run down set down tick off write down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disarrange disorder displace erase forget withhold

STRONG

cancel disorganize

WEAK

lie straighten

VERB

lean, slant

Synonyms

STRONG

cant careen heel incline pitch recline slope tilt tip

Antonyms

STRONG

straighten

WEAK

forget lie

Example Sentences

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Lists, receipts and liberal return policies quietly lower information frictions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Lists inevitably leave off the worthy, even a top 10 list that cheats with 11 items.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Lists of recommended supplies circulated on social media.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024

“Until the very last moment, you don’t know. Lists are exchanged but afterward there have often been difficulties,” Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna said Tuesday on RTL radio.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

“Telephone circuits are jammed up. Everybody’s doing their best. Lists of the dead and the living and the missing are going out on the radio. Give your messages to him.”

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez