memory loss

Questions about memory loss

What does memory loss mean?

memory loss means "partial or total loss of memory".

What is another word for memory loss?

Close synonyms include amnesia, blackout. 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 memory loss a common word?

memory loss is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.