Biography

/baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

Synonyms for "biography" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(10 words)
life historylife storyanimal life historybackgroundbackground contextbackstoriesbackstorybio bookbiographical entrybiographical literature

Strong matches (21)

Noun(3 words)
biographical narrativebiographical notebiographical writing
Adjective(1 words)
detailed life history

Related words (35)

Noun(11 words)
lifelife historieslife storieslife writinglife-historynonfiction booknonhealth historypersonal historyprofilessagasyearbook entry
Determiner(1 words)
more background
Adjective(1 words)
personal histories

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More general

12 entries
accountchronicleencyclopedia entryhistoryliterary genreliterary studiesnonfictionnonfiction genreprose narrativereference entrystorywriting

More specific

9 entries
academic biographybiographer craftbiographical essaybiographical sketchbiographical studydictionary entryencyclopedia notepopular biographyshort biography

Collocations

6 entries
academic biographybiographical notebiographical sketchlife storypopular biographyshort biography

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

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I illustrated his biography with some pictures.

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The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

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The difficulty with biography is that it is partly record and partly art.

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His biography is quite true to life.

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