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| Main Entry: | memoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of experiences |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, autobiography, biography, chronicle, diary, discourse, dissertation, essay, journal, life, life story, memory, monograph, narrative, note, recollection, register, reminiscence, thesis, treatise, annal, bio, confessions, tractate, transactions, vita |
| Main Entry: | autobiography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written account of one's own life |
| Synonyms: | biography, confession, diary, experience, journal, letter, life, life story, memoir, adventures, bio, letters, personal history, reminiscences, self-portrayal |
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, diary, journal, life, life history, life story, memoir, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, adventures, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, experiences, letters, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, vita |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
| Synonyms: | address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, treatise, utterance, gabfest, tractate, verbalization |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | dissertation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly thesis |
| Synonyms: | commentary, critique, discourse, disputation, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, treatise, argumentation, tractate |
| Notes: | thesis is for a master's degree and a dissertation is for a doctorate |
| Main Entry: | journal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle |
| Synonyms: | account, almanac, annals, annual, calendar, comic book, daily, daybook, diary, gazette, ledger, log, magazine, memento, memoir, minutes, newspaper, note, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, rag, record, register, reminder, reminiscence, review, scandal sheet*, statement, tabloid, chronology, monthly, weekly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treatise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written study of a subject |
| Synonyms: | argument, book, commentary, composition, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, pamphlet, paper, review, script, thesis, tract, work, writing, tractate |
| Main Entry: | life story |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | biography |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, diary, memoir, profile, personal history |
| Main Entry: | record |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of event or proceedings |
| Synonyms: | almanac, annals, archive, archives, chronicle, comic book, diary, directory, document, entry, evidence, file, history, inscription, jacket, journal, legend, log, manuscript, memoir, memorandum, memorial, minutes, monument, note, register, remembrance, report, script, scroll, story, testimony, trace, track record*, transcript, witness, writing, documentation, memo, paper trail, registry, swindle sheet, transcription, written material |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | story |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account, news |
| Synonyms: | adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, beat, biography, book, chronicle, cliffhanger*, comedy, description, drama, epic, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, feature, fiction, gag, history, information, legend, memoir, myth, narration, narrative, novel, parable, recital, record, relation, report, romance, saga, scoop*, sequel, serial, spiel*, tale, tragedy, version, yarn*, conte, folktale, long and short of it, news item, nonfiction, old saw, potboiler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | memory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | specific thing remembered |
| Synonyms: | concept, cue, fantasy, hint, image, jog, memoir, picture, prod, prompt, reminder, representation, suggestion, thought, vision, memo, mnemonic |
| Main Entry: | thesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written dissertation |
| Synonyms: | argument, composition, discourse, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, paper, research, theme, treatise, argumentation, monography, tractate |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | history, biography |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, career, confession, journal, life story, memoir, memorial, story, bio, curriculum vitae |
| Main Entry: | history |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle of events |
| Synonyms: | account, annals, autobiography, biography, diary, epic, journal, narration, narrative, recapitulation, recital, record, relation, report, saga, story, tale, version, memoirs, prehistory |
| Main Entry: | memento mori |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reminder of death |
| Synonyms: | death's-head, memoirs, memorial, memories, reminder of human failure, reminder of mortality, skull |
| Main Entry: | reminiscence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account |
| Synonyms: | anecdote, chronicle, memory, nostalgia, recollection, remembering, remembrance, story, yarn, firsthand account, memoirs, reliving |
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