journalEnglishOxford American Thesaurusjournal noun 1 a medical journal: periodical, publication, magazine, gazette, digest, professional organ, review, newsletter, news-sheet, bulletin; newspaper, paper; daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. 2 while abroad, he kept a journal: diary, day-by-day account, daily record, log, logbook, weblog, blog, vlog, moblog, yearbook; chronicle, register; notebook, commonplace book; annals, history; North American daybook.