Synonyms of recollect

recollect 1 of 2

verb (1)

ˌre-kə-ˈlekt 

as in to remember

to bring back to mind

I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remember
• recall
• mind
• think (of)
• reproduce
• remind
• reminisce (about)
• recapture
• hark back (to)
• hearken back (to)
• flash back (to)
• harken back (to)
• evoke
• recur
• extract
• elicit
• relive
• represent
• educe
• raise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• disremember
• lose
• unlearn
• disregard
• miss
• neglect
• overlook
• misremember
• blank (out)

re-collect

2 of 2

verb (2)

ˌrē-kə-ˈlekt 

1

as in to contain

to gain emotional or mental control of

she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contain
• compose
• collect
• calm
• control
• restrain
• settle
• recover
• hold back
• rally
• lull
• soothe
• still
• tranquillize
• quiet
• tranquilize

2

as in to retrieve

to get again in one's possession

I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retrieve
• recapture
• regain
• recover
• reclaim
• get back
• retake
• reacquire
• recoup
• repossess
• replenish
• recruit
• redeem
• rescue
• repurchase

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• misplace
• mislay

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of recollect

Verb

By popping into one of these spots, maybe an old memory of Pizza Hut will be recollected, or maybe a new memory will be made. —Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2024

This is an error in episodic memory, which is responsible for our ability to consciously recollect personal experiences. —Leo Gugerty, The Conversation, 10 June 2024

My visit — only to a concentration camp — 60 years ago still results in a sickening feeling when recollected. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024

But the white-haired GM, gruff, animated and a surprisingly funny and theatrical storyteller, winced when recollecting the near-misses. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024