1. recall - noun
· a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
Synonym(s): callback
2. recall - noun
· a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
Hypernym(s): call
3. recall - noun
· a bugle call that signals troops to return
Hypernym(s): bugle_call
4. recall - noun
· the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
Synonym(s): recollection, reminiscence
Hypernym(s): memory, remembering
5. recall - noun
· the act of removing an official by petition
Hypernym(s): abrogation, repeal, annulment
6. recall - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): remember, retrieve, call_back, call_up, recollect, think
7. recall - verb
· go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
Synonym(s): hark_back, return, come_back
8. recall - verb
· call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
Synonym(s): echo
Hypernym(s): resemble
9. recall - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): call_back
10. recall - verb
· cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
Hypernym(s): concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
11. recall - verb
· make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
Hypernym(s): cancel, strike_down
Antonym(s): issue
12. recall - verb
· cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
Synonym(s): call_in, call_back, withdraw
Hypernym(s): take
Try Again
