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Synonyms for list

noun

roll, record, catalog, register, inventory, schedule, listing, program, agenda, arrangement, enrollment, gazette, slate, archive, enumeration, itemization, draft, panel, brief, invoice, memorandum, account, outline, syllabus, tally, manifest, prospectus, bulletin, directory, roster, subscribers, census, muster, poll, ballot, table, table of contents, index, bibliography, menu, bill of fare, dictionary, glossary, lexicon, vocabulary, bill of lading, docket, shortlist, backlist, lineup, laundry list*; see also catalog, file 2, index 2, table 2.

list, the broadest in scope of these terms, applies to a series of items of any kind, no matter what the arrangement or purpose; catalog implies an extensive list that is methodically arranged and often contains descriptive information a mail-order catalog, the card catalog in a library; an inventory is an itemized list of goods or property, esp. a list made periodically of the stock of a business; a register is a book, etc. in which names, events, or other items are formally or officially recorded a register of voters; a roll is an official list of the members of a group, esp. as used for checking attendance

verb

  1. To enter in a list

    set down, arrange, bill, catalogue, schedule, enter, note, place, chronicle, post, insert, classify, file, enroll, register, manifest, inscribe, tally, inventory, enumerate, record, index, calendar, tabulate, book, invoice, census, draft, poll, impanel, slate, docket, keep count of, run down, call the roll; see also file 1, record 1.

    Antonyms remove*, wipe out, obliterate.

  2. To cultivate with a lister

    cultivate, seed, prepare; see plow 1.

  3. To lean

    pitch, slant, incline; see lean 1.

See list in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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