REPORTS Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of report

as in blasts

a loud explosive sound startled by the report of a gun

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as in stories

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened gave a full report of their trip to London

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as in reputations

overall quality as seen or judged by people in general he's a player of good report in golfing circles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of report

as in describes

to give an oral or written account of in some detail will report the progress of the war effort before a congressional committee on Monday

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as in records

to make a written note of reported the lawyer's closing statement

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Recent Examples of reports

Noun

Long presented the results at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Madrid last Saturday, confirming earlier press reports and supporting previous trials on the treatment’s benefits. — Mike McRae 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026 International and local election monitors had expressed concern about the safety and fairness of an election campaign marked by detentions, near-total government control over the media and reports of surveillance and cyberattacks against activists. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Shares rose after the last two earnings reports, but declined the three before that. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026 The blockade forced museum officials to turn away visitors from the popular attraction, which draws as many as 20,000 people on its busiest days, according to French media reports. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Harry’s revelations follow reports that Meghan is ready to leave the UK for a while. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2026 In fact, according to reports, the increase in range is somewhere close to around 33%. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026 Major reports about its immigration actions and pay-for-play operations have gotten significant airtime on the network and praise from Weiss. — semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Kansas City officials have acknowledged the city’s struggles to address homelessness, with reports ranking the city as among the worst in terms of the number of people without shelter. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Verb

The Cornell and University of Chicago cases emerged just as colleges released their annual Clery Act security reports at the start of October. — Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 The move is meant to counter return scams and reduce unusable inventory, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026 The average age at diagnosis for men is between 60 and 70, and the risk increases with age, the organization reports. — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026 FedEx Freight reports Thursday evening — its first official earnings report as a standalone firm. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 Photographer Miguel Bergasa, who photographed Paraguay’s religious Mennonite community, has died, reports El País. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The Nevada Independent reports that Lombardo’s campaign has used those issues to question Ford’s fitness, while Ford says the clemency matter followed procedure and disputes the criticism. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Analysts blame the falloff on Converse’s inability to innovate and its overreliance on the Chuck Taylor model, Fortune’s Phil Wahba reports. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Scheibenbogen reports that the kids who cut out social media entirely showed modest increases in mental well-being that started wearing off five weeks later. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reports

Noun

Despite detecting around one of these blasts a day, scientists are scrambling for answers.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
First, ordinary people have been caught in some of the blasts.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of blasts

Noun

In the 2021 Senate runoff elections in Georgia, this writer did a number of stories following forecasts by Thomas Miller, a prominent data scientist who’s a professor at Northwestern University.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Yet neither of these stories fits the timing or scale of the decline.

— J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stories

Noun

The teams combined for just 51 points after halftime, a much better fit for their defensive reputations.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The two younger actors might not have those lengthy careers but their talent easily justifies their growing reputations (Keery from Stranger Things, Rabe from, among other credits, American Horror Story and a fine roster of stage performances).

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of reputations

Verb

Lemley has practiced medicine for 14 years, 10 of those in Texas, according to Texas Medical Board records.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
The boy’s mother, who was in a dating relationship with Clark, tried to intervene, but Clark allegedly struck her with the chair, too, court records state.

— Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of records

Noun

Review your financial accounts regularly Check your bank statements, investment accounts, retirement accounts and payment apps for unfamiliar transactions.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Early accounts of grassroots democracy in India describe how higher-caste landowners controlled the votes of their lower-caste dependents, sometimes even marking ballots that the voters had to authenticate with their thumbprints.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of accounts

Noun

Cult members lived in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch that Mackenzie divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
A lot of these names and others like Sam Altman are popping up in popular culture and in Hollywood now.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

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