list

1. 1.

   a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

   Synonymslisting

   Broaderdatabase

   NarroweragendaA-listbibliographybillblacklistcalendarcalorie chartcanoncatalogcharacter set

   Partsitem
2. 2.

   the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

   “the tower had a pronounced tilt”

   “the ship developed a list to starboard”

   “he walked with a heavy inclination to the right”

   Synonymstiltinclinationleanleaning

   Broaderposition

Other forms of list

plural

lists·

past tense

listed·

present participle

listing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about list

What does list mean?

list means "give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in list?

list has 1 syllable: list. In IPA it is /ˈlɪst/.

What is another word for list?

Close synonyms include name, lean, heel, number, listing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is list a common word?

list is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with list?

5 words rhyme with list. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.