Synonyms for commentary
ˈkɒm ənˌtɛr icom·men·ta·ry

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1. commentary

   A definition is exact, an explanation general; a definition is formal, a description pictorial. A definition must include all that belongs to the object defined, and exclude all that does not; a description may include only some general features; an explanation may simply throw light upon some point of special difficulty. An exposition undertakes to state more fully what is compactly given or only implied in the text; as, an exposition of Scripture. Interpretation is ordinarily from one language into another, or from the language of one period into that of another; it may also be a statement giving the doubtful or hidden meaning of that which is recondite or perplexing; as, the interpretation of a dream, a riddle, or of some difficult passage. Definition, explanation, exposition, and interpretation are ordinarily blended in a commentary, which may also include description. A comment is upon a single passage; a commentary may be the same, but is usually understood to be a volume of comments.

   Synonyms:
   comment, definition, description, explanation, exposition, interpretation, rendering, translation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 6 votes

1. comment, commentarynoun

   a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

   "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

   Synonyms:
   scuttlebutt, remark, input, gossip, comment

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1. • Statement

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1. commentarynoun

   Synonyms:
   COMMENT

2. commentarynoun

   Synonyms:
   book of comments

3. commentarynoun

   Synonyms:
   memoir, familiar narrative

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "commentary":

   comment, comments, commentaire, remark, commentaries, feedback, suspension, remarks

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1. Brad Whitt:

   It was an absolute shock, what a sad commentary on the state of affairs in America – when we cannot even allow the flags to fly if they are in a church building.

2. Simon Birmingham:

   We're not doing this as some sort of lapdog of the United States, you'll see there are some marked differences between some of the things that the Australian Government has said and some of the commentary coming out of the United States and that's because we take our own analysis, our own evidence, our own advice and we will take this issue through to the World Health Assembly.

3. Norman Siegel:

   SantaCon is a cultural public commentary on the Christmas season, from a critique of consumerism to cultural and charitable giving, it's part satire and has an edge.

4. Former CIA officer John Sipher:

   The simple difference is between covert interference on one side and public preferences. China is using influence, diplomacy and commentary in press and propaganda organs. Russia is using disinformation, fake accounts, bots, covert funding as part of a secret campaign.

5. Doug Chan:

   It's a sad commentary that I think many of the same narrative threads are surfacing, unfortunately Americans when facing adversity, whether it's competition from a nation-state or in this case a virus, it's the disturbing American tendency to racialize the adversity very quickly, and we're seeing manifestations of that.