I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can't resist a good documentary.
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Documentary
/ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/
Synonyms for "documentary" (226 found)
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3-dabsoluteactualadducibleadmissibleanimated cartoonarchivalascertainedattestativeattestedattestiveauthenticauthenticatedbased onblack-and-white filmcartooncategorically truecertaincertifiedchiller
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Adjective(8 words)
administrative recordancient written historyannalisticarchival findingarchival manuscriptarchival processingarchival recordarchival written history
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corroboratedcreepiecumulativedamningdecisivedemonstrateddeterminativedetermineddocumentaldocumentary filmdocumentationaldocumentededucational filmeffectualepigraphicestablishedevidentialevidentiaryex parteeye-witness
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Noun(17 words)
docudramadocumentdocument collectiondocumentary filmdocumentary-basededucational filmevidenceevidentialevidentiaryfactualfilmforensic death determinationfrench revolution documentshistorical adverbhistorical documentationhistorical methodhistorical records
Adjective(18 words)
documentaldocumentary evidence gatheringevidential dataevidentiary argumentsevidentiary basisevidentiary claimevidentiary hearingfederal government stylehistoric object valuehistorical descriptorhistorical documenthistorical erahistorical occurrencehistorical studieshistorical termhistorical termshistorical traithistorical world map
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Adjective(18 words)
historical writinghistoriographicindustrial historyinstitutional annalsmilitary historianoral history practiceoral temperature check protocolpublic recordrecord-derived dataregional history projectsocial studies topictextual attributetextual examplewritten communication skillwritten historieswritten history collectionwritten history methodwritten history sources
Noun(22 words)
history of art departmenthistory toolhousing committee guidelinesinfotainmentinvestigation notebookmanumittingmore historicalnonfictionnonfiction booknonfiction filmoral-history interviewpaperpilot study reportrecordrecordkeeping systemresearch documentrunning recordsports physicaltrial recordwar chronicle
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writingwritten text
horror picturehorse operaimplicitincontrovertibleindicativeindisputableirrefutableirresistiblematerialmotion picturemotion-picture showmoviemoving picturenecrologicnecrologicalnewsreelnot in errornudienuncupativeobituary
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objectively trueoverwhelmingphotodramaphotoplaypicturepicture showpornographic filmpresumptivepreviewprobativeprovedrealreliableshortsignificantsilentsilent filmskin flicksneak previewspaghetti westernsubstantiatedsuggestivesuresure enoughsure-enoughsymptomatictalkietalking picturetechnicolortellingtestimonialthrillertrailertruetrue as gospeltruthfulunconfutedundeniedunderground filmundoubtedunerroneousunfallaciousunfalseunmistakenunquestionableunrefutedvalidvalidatedveraciousverifiedveritableweightywestern
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10 entriesdocumentary archivedocumentary evidencedocumentary filmdocumentary recorddocumentary seriesdocumentary sourcesdocumentary stylehistorical documentarynature documentaryscience documentary
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The danger of AIDS came home to me when I saw a documentary film on it last night.
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That documentary about the environmental crisis was a real eye-opener.
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The documentary was narrated by Morgan Freeman.
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