Synonyms for autobiography
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
Related words
- Word family
- autobiographer autobiographical autofiction
- Is a kind of
- biography
Forms
- Plural
- autobiographies → memoirs, histories…
Choose the right word
A biography is distinctively a written account of one person's life and actions; an autobiography is a biography written by the person whose life it records.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- memoir Yanni published a memoir on his life with Rima.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| autobiography | rising | |
| memoir | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- memoir2
- 7 letters
- history3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (memoir2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- autobiographie
- Italiano
- autobiografia
- Deutsch
- Autobiographie
- Català
- autobiografia