RE-COLLECTED Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˌrē-kə-ˈlek-təd

Definition of recollected

as in collected

free from emotional or mental agitation are you recollected enough to talk about your close call?

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recollected

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verb (1)

past tense of recollect

as in remembered

to bring back to mind I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house

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re-collected

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verb (2)

past tense of re-collect

as in contained

to gain emotional or mental control of she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

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as in retrieved

to get again in one's possession I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands

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Recent Examples of recollected

Adjective

Does your table offer a first-class ticket to spicy destinations across the globe, or a comfortable sinking into recollected recipes from your mother? — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 7 June 2025 Perhaps a strategic loosening of novelistic form was what Hollinghurst was going for, in an effort to capture the enigma of the recollected past. — Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 Abby therefore spends the night imagining her way through the various rooms of her own life, attempting to attach each beat of her speech to a recollected physical space. — Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023 The substance of such recollected moments here isn’t all that different from the thumbnail making-of-a-champion profiles that regularly punctuate Olympics broadcasts. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017

Verb

Homer’s poem never depicts the horse and the sacking of Troy in direct action; the city’s fall is recollected only in the form of stories that glorify Greece’s soldiers. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026 Through its characters, the book stages an argument about the virtues of various types of maps—those that are measured, those that are recollected, those that are dreamed. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 But the Bruins recollected themselves, and the flow state returned on the other side of the timeout. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026 The rueful voice-over from myriad characters is spoken in the past tense, the onscreen moments (even the present-day scenes) seemingly being recollected long after. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026 Johnson paints Grainier’s life as a series of faces with clear entrances and exits, episodes of friendship or acquaintancy that can only be recollected as something finite and finished. — Rory Doherty, Time, 21 Nov. 2025 There were no dates recollected correctly. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 Leonora liked to think of her life as calm of mind, all passion spent, or, more rarely, as emotion recollected in tranquillity. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recollected

Adjective

Data brokers legally comb the internet for such information, build profiles using the collected information, and sell those profiles to anyone who’ll pay.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Paired with the Emme play table, this duo creates the kind of collected look that feels professionally layered.

— Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2026

Definition of collected

Verb

One day, Abdeen remembered, there was a tense discussion in the house.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Instead, Iamaleava is remembered for his tumultuous exit from Knoxville, a parting characterized by head coach Josh Heupel that the program would move on without its starting signal-caller, leading the Long Beach product to UCLA.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of remembered

Verb

Traces of a silk fabric found near her skull that may have been used as a trim on a hat or bonnet contained metal threads made of pure gold and silver.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
According to German media, the cache in Berlin contained two handguns and ammunition.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of contained

Verb

The family was in the middle of a cookout when Silvia arrived, and after an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile, authorities said Silvia retrieved the shotgun from his truck and shot the two women.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Val’s introduction come by way of a carjacking that sees Sugar’s baby blue 1966 Chevrolet Corvette stolen and then quickly and conveniently retrieved by Val, who just so happens to be standing nearby when the theft happened.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of retrieved

Verb

Thousands of cans of dog food sold nationwide have been recalled because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
In corresponding moves, the Angels recalled infielder-outfielder Christian Moore and outfielder-catcher Gustavo Campero from triple-A Salt Lake.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of recalled

Verb

The Associated Press BEIJING -- China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reported Wednesday, as the country seeks to advance its space program.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
After a prolonged siege and fighting, the British recaptured Delhi and brutally suppressed the rebellion.

— Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of recaptured

Adjective

But the calm day gave way to terror when her uncle again looked out into the ocean and saw Summer’s head bobbing in and out of the water.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Silvia looks calm, his eyes open and head propped up slightly as Hood prayed furiously over him.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

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