memos

NOUN

written note

Synonyms

WEAK

announcement chit diary directive dispatch epistle jotting letter message minute missive notation notice record reminder tickler

NOUN

note

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comment commentary diary inscription journal letter memorandum message missive remark summary

STRONG

agenda annotation calendar datum definition dispatch entry epistle gloss jotting line marginalia mark minute notation observation record reminder scratch scrawl scribble word

WEAK

obiter dictum thank-you

Antonyms

STRONGEST

silence

Example Sentences

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Down by her green toes, Melanie Griffith’s Staten Island secretary Tess McGill ferries to Manhattan to type memos for important men.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

As they read your long-ago emails and memos, you want your years of hard work, passion and loyalty to your employer to jump off the page.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Around the same time, DHS officials deleted policy memos that set limits on the use of facial recognition in investigations, according to former department officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Seoul's National Intelligence Service said last year they found memos on deceased North Korean soldiers that point to this extreme practice.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

There were memos in the distinctive typeface used by the White House.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin