Definition of remember

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • remember is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • remember is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • remember is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of remember


  • keep in mind for attention or consideration (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. think of
  • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (verb)

    Examples

    1. I can't remember saying any such thing
    2. can you remember her phone number?
    3. Do you remember that he once loved you?

    Synonyms

    1. call back
    2. call up
    3. recall
    4. recollect
    5. retrieve
    6. think
  • mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. commend
  • call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony (verb)

    Examples

    1. We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

    Synonyms

    1. commemorate
  • recapture the past; indulge in memories (verb)

    Examples

    1. he remembered how he used to pick flowers

    Synonyms

    1. think back
  • exercise, or have the power of, memory (verb)

    Examples

    1. After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
    2. some remember better than others
  • mention favorably, as in prayer (verb)

    Examples

    1. remember me in your prayers
  • show appreciation to (verb)

    Examples

    1. He remembered her in his will

See definition of remember in Merriam Webster