Definition for Recollection:

• the ability to recall past occurrences

Synonyms for Recollection:

• n.

  •
  • flood.
  •
  • remember.
  •account (noun)
  • reminiscence.
  •anamnesis (noun)
  • anamnesis.
  •association (noun)
  • re collection,
  • train thought,
  • re-collections,
  • re-collection,
  • lumping togethers,
  • concomitances,
  • joinings,
  • re collections.
  •cognition (noun)
  • remembrance,
  • recollection.
  •flashback (noun)
  • relivings,
  • re livings,
  • thoughts the past,
  • voice from past,
  • thoughts past,
  • re-livings,
  • flash from past,
  • re-living,
  • thoughts of past,
  • re living.
  •hindsight (noun)
  • looking backs,
  • hind sight,
  • hind sights,
  • hind-sight,
  • monday morning quarterbackings,
  • hind-sights.
  •recall (noun)
  • re calls,
  • re call,
  • re-call,
  • re-calls.
  •recognition (noun)
  • re-spect,
  • recallings,
  • re-callings,
  • under standing,
  • re cognizances,
  • under-standing,
  • re-spects,
  • re-cognizance,
  • re-cognizances,
  • re-cognitions,
  • re-calling,
  • noticings,
  • re spects,
  • re calling,
  • under-standings,
  • perceivings,
  • re cognitions,
  • identifyings,
  • apprehendings,
  • re cognizance,
  • under standings,
  • re cognition,
  • re callings,
  • re spect,
  • re-cognition.
  •remembering (noun)
  • thinking of,
  • Feuilleton,
  • bringing back,
  • rememberings.
  •remembrance (noun)
  • retrospection.
  •reminiscence (noun)
  • firsthand accounts.
  •retrospect (noun)
  • reexamination,
  • re-examinations,
  • hindsight,
  • reconsiderations,
  • Re-examination,
  • reconsideration.
  •total recall (noun)
  • exercise memory,
  • eidetic memories,
  • total-recall,
  • Eidetic Imageries,
  • total memories.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nostalgia,
  • long-term memory,
  • Photographic Memory,
  • short-term memory.
  •
  • blur.
  •
  • store.

Paraphrases for Recollection:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    remembrance.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    recall, Recalls, mind, dissertation, narrative.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    memory, memento, souvenir, reminder, commemoration, keepsake, remembering, memorial.

Antonyms for Recollection:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    repression, obliviousness, unconsciousness, oversight, amnesia, oblivion, forgetfulness.

Recollection Sentence Examples:

• All this was repeated at the revolution, and was fresh in the recollection of the people of Ireland.

• Nor am I alone in my recollection.

Homophones for Recollection:

• Riss Glaciation.

Hypernym for Recollection:

• n.

  • cognition
    regurgitation, reconstructive memory, mind, reproductive memory, reproduction, reconstruction.

Hyponym for Recollection:

• n.

  • cognition
    retention, remembering, retentivity, memory, retentiveness.