Synonyms for biography
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person's life story, especially one published.
There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.
Related words
- Word family
- biographize biographical
Forms
- Plural
- biographies → lifes, memoirs, histories…
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| biography | steady | |
| memoir | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- life1
- 6 letters
- memoir2
- 7 letters
- history3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (memoir2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- biographie
- Italiano
- biografia
- Deutsch
- Biographie