Meanings
plural yearbooks · alternative year-book
- UScountableeducationA publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.
A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.
2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Aug 20191 more example
A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis.
2025 August 27, Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, “Police examine online videos, writings possibly linked to Minneapolis church shooting suspect”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025 - USuncountableeducationA school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna reference book that is published regularly once every year
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From year + book. Compare Saterland Frisian Jierbouk (“yearbook”), West Frisian jierboek (“yearbook”), Dutch jaarboek (“yearbook”), German Low German Johrbook (“yearbook”), German Jahrbuch (“yearbook”), Swedish årsbok (“yearbook”), Faroese árbók (“annal, record, yearbook”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian годишник
- годишник (godišnik)reference book, published annually
Catalan anuari
- anuarireference book, published annually
Chinese Mandarin 年鑑 /年鉴, 年鑒 /年鉴
- 年鑑 /年鉴 (niánjiàn)reference book, published annually
- 年鑒 /年鉴 (niánjiàn)reference book, published annually
Czech ročenka, ročenka
- ročenkareference book, published annually
- ročenkapublication compiled by the graduating class
Danish årbog, blå bog
- årbogreference book, published annually
- blå bogpublication compiled by the graduating class
- årbogpublication compiled by the graduating class
Esperanto jarlibro, jarlibro
- jarlibroreference book, published annually
- jarlibropublication compiled by the graduating class
Finnish vuosikirja, vuosikirja
- vuosikirjareference book, published annually
- vuosikirjapublication compiled by the graduating class
French annuaire
- annuairereference book, published annually
German Jahrbuch, Jahrbuch
- Jahrbuchreference book, published annually
- Jahrbuchpublication compiled by the graduating class
Hindi अब्दकोश
- अब्दकोश (abdakoś)reference book, published annually
Hungarian évkönyv
- évkönyvreference book, published annually
Indonesian buku tahunan, buku tahunan
- buku tahunanreference book, published annually
- buku tahunanpublication compiled by the graduating class
Italian annuario, annuario
- annuarioreference book, published annually
- annuariopublication compiled by the graduating class
Japanese 年鑑
- 年鑑 (nenkan)reference book, published annually
Norwegian Bokmål årbok
- årbokreference book, published annually
Polish rocznik
- rocznikreference book, published annually
Portuguese anuário
- anuárioreference book, published annually
Russian ежего́дник
- ежего́дник (ježegódnik)reference book, published annually
Spanish anuario, anuario
- anuarioreference book, published annually
- anuariopublication compiled by the graduating class
- anuario escolarpublication compiled by the graduating class
Swedish årsbok, årsskrift
- årsbokreference book, published annually
- årsskriftreference book, published annually
- kalenderreference book, published annually
- skolkatalogpublication compiled by the graduating class
Tagalog taunang aklat
- taunang aklatreference book, published annually
Ukrainian щорі́чник
- щорі́чник (ščoríčnyk)reference book, published annually
Vietnamese niên giám
- niên giámreference book, published annually
Welsh blwyddiadur
- blwyddiadurreference book, published annually
Cite this entry
yearbook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearbook
“yearbook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearbook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yearbook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearbook.
Source: yearbook on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.