Rolodex

American  

[roh-luh-deks] / ˈroʊ ləˌdɛks /

Trademark.

1. a small desktop file containing cards for names, addresses, and phone numbers.

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Rolodex British  

/ ˈrəʊləˌdɛks /

noun

1. a small file for holding names, addresses, and telephone numbers, consisting of cards attached horizontally to a rotatable central cylinder

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Example Sentences

Some casting directors post notices on social media, while others mine their Rolodex to find homeowners or buyers to feature, since some of these shows shoot in the general geographic area where the hosts work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

We really had to run through a Rolodex of sounds, because he’s too smart and would learn the words.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

Artists who get to a high level, they have these opportunities because they have the Rolodex.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

What’s more impressive: Krasinski’s imagination or the very real friends in his Rolodex?

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Part of the particular power of Paul Revere, for example, was that he wasn’t just a networker; he wasn’t just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell