File
Record
Record verb - To put (someone or something) on a list.
Usage example: he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered
File is a synonym for record in account topic. You can use "File" instead the word "Record" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as sort, enter, document, write down.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old file | old record |
| long | long file | long record |
| separate | separate file | separate record |
| current | current file | current record |
| Other adjectives: original, fake, single, entire, large, extensive, bad, criminal, personal, new, final, military, next, last, previous, existing. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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While they did have the formula on file, inept record keepers didn't properly document it.
- A guy in a record store is asked to file all the albums in alphabetical order.
Source: The "The" Title Confusion - She also mentions that this is the worst form of invincibility to have, since she still feels pain and has no other defensive abilities, and she has to rely on an audio file of the events just before her death in order to know anything at all, and can't record video that way.
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Record and File. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/file/record
File & Record. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/file/record>.
Record or File. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/file/record.
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