memo
Brief written reminder
A memo is a written message, typically brief and internal to an organization.
Short for memorandum, it conveys information, instructions, or policy: The boss sent a memo about the new dress code.
Memos are more formal than emails but less formal than official letters.
The plural is memos; memoranda sounds stuffy.
Writing briefly
- scribbleWrite without care
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- reminderMemory aid
- post-itAdhesive paper memo
sticky · notepad · shorthand · quick · scrawl · handwritten · margin · desk
New version or information
- reportFormal written findings
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- noticeBecome aware of
- alertWarning or watchfulness
reminder · request · response · follow-up · acknowledgment · instruction · guideline · policy
Exchanged written communication
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- dispatchSend with speed
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
- circularForming a closed curve
missive · directive · announcement · notification · advisory · briefing · internal · interoffice
Directional course traveled
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
- dateSpecific day or outing
- recipientOne who receives something
- senderOne who dispatches
re · cc · attachment · header · footer · signature · template · standard
Sixty-second intervals
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- logbookOfficial record of events
- archiveStored historical records
- fileStored collection of data
documentation · docket · entry · log · chronicle · registry · journal · paper-trail
jotting
Writing briefly
- scribbleWrite without care
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- reminderMemory aid
post-it · sticky · notepad · shorthand · quick · scrawl · handwritten · margin · desk · scratch
update
New version or information
- reportFormal written findings
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- noticeBecome aware of
alert · reminder · request · response · follow-up · acknowledgment · instruction · guideline · policy · procedure
correspondence
Exchanged written communication
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- dispatchSend with speed
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
circular · missive · directive · announcement · notification · advisory · briefing · internal · interoffice · office
heading
Directional course traveled
sender · re · cc · attachment · header · footer · signature · template · standard · format
minutes
Sixty-second intervals
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- logbookOfficial record of events
- archiveStored historical records
file · documentation · docket · entry · log · chronicle · registry · journal · paper-trail · filing
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, address, phone, key messages
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- textstext, book, article, essay, document
- announcementsannouncement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, statement
- brevitybrevity, concise, succinct, terse, pithy
memoformal letter
Structured professional written communication
official correspondence · legal document · treaty · proclamation · contract
memosilence
Total lack of sound
suppression · cover-up · omission · withholding · secrecy
memotreatise
Formal scholarly composition
tome · dissertation · monograph · magnum opus · encyclopedia
- memory lossFailure to recall
- memory laneFigurative path through recollections
- in memory ofHonoring someone gone
- memory cardPortable digital data chip
- muscle memoryAutomatic physical skill retention
- long memoryLasting recall ability
memory, remember, memorial, memorandum, memos, commemorate, memorialize, memoranda