'Directory' definitions:
Definition of 'directory'
(from WordNet)
noun
An alphabetical list of names and addresses
noun
(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
Definition of 'Directory'
From: GCIDE
- Directory \Di*rect"o*ry\, n.; pl. Directories.
- 1. A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Cf. F. directoire.] A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Direction; guide. [R.] --Whitlock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Directory'
From: GCIDE
- Directory \Di*rect"o*ry\, a. [L. directorius.] Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'directory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- acquaintance,
- advisory body,
- Almanach de Gotha,
- announcement,
- assembly,
- association,
- atlas,
- Baedeker,
- bench,
- bibliography,
- blue book,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- body of advisers,
- borough council,
- brain trust,
- briefing,
- British Cabinet,
- bulletin,
- business directory,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- calendar,
- camarilla,
- casebook,
- catalog,
- catalogue raisonne,
- chamber,
- checklist,
- city council,
- city directory,
- classified catalog,
- classified directory,
- common council,
- communication,
- communique,
- concordance,
- conference,
- congress,
- consultative assembly,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- cyclopedia,
- data,
- datum,
- deliberative assembly,
- diatesseron,
- dictionary catalog,
- diet,
- directorate,
- dispatch,
- divan,
- encyclopedia,
- enlightenment,
- evidence,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- finding list,
- gazetteer,
- gen,
- genealogy,
- general information,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- guidebook,
- handbook,
- handlist,
- handout,
- hard information,
- harmony,
- incidental information,
- index,
- info,
- information,
- infrastructure,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- interlocking directorate,
- itinerary,
- junta,
- kitchen cabinet,
- knowledge,
- legislature,
- light,
- management,
- mention,
- message,
- notice,
- notification,
- parish council,
- pedigree,
- phone book,
- polyglot,
- presentation,
- privy council,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- publication,
- publicity,
- record book,
- Red Book,
- reference book,
- release,
- report,
- road map,
- roadbook,
- Royal Kalendar,
- Sanhedrin,
- sidelight,
- Social Register,
- source book,
- soviet,
- staff,
- statement,
- steering committee,
- studbook,
- syndicate,
- synod,
- telephone book,
- telephone directory,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the dope,
- the executive,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the people upstairs,
- the scoop,
- top brass,
- transmission,
- tribunal,
- US Cabinet,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word,
- work of reference,
- Yellow Pages