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Synonyms for memoir
ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔrmem·oir

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 13 votes

  1. memoir

    History is a systematic record of past events. Annals and chronicles relate events with little regard to their relative importance, and with complete subserviency to their succession in time. Annals are yearly records; chronicles follow the order of time. Both necessarily lack emphasis, selection, and perspective. Archives are public records, which may be annals, or chronicles, or deeds of property, etc. Memoirs generally record the lives of individuals or facts pertaining to individual lives. 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. Annals, archives, chronicles, biographies, and memoirs and other records furnish the materials of history. History recounts events with careful attention to their importance, their mutual relations, their causes and consequences, selecting and grouping events on the ground of interest or importance. History is usually applied to such an account of events affecting communities and nations, tho sometimes we speak of the history of a single eminent life. Compare RECORD.

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    Synonyms:
    account, annals, archives, autobiography, biography, chronicle, history, memorial, muniment, narration, narrative, recital, record, register, story

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. memoir

    Synonyms:
    biographical sketch, personal narrative, familiar biography, narrative, chronicle, record, register, journal, life

Princeton's WordNet

  1. memoirnoun

    an account of the author's personal experiences

  2. memoirnoun

    an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. memoirnoun

    Synonyms:
    personal narrative, familiar biography

  2. memoirnoun

    Synonyms:
    record, register, journal, written account

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. memoirnoun

    Synonyms:
    biography, autobiography

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "memoir":

    autobiography, memory, memoranda

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How to use memoir in a sentence?

  1. Chrissie Hynde:

    I make a distinction between a memoir written about your breast implants and a memoir written hopefully as a piece of literature to survive forever.

  2. Dame Julie Andrews:

    My first memoir, 'Home,' was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater, i am so pleased that my good friends at the Hachette Book Group have encouraged me to share the next phase of my life, beginning with my arrival in Hollywood and the wonderful movies and television programs I was asked to be a part of.

  3. Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer:

    Maya Angelou cited this sentence frequently in media interviews and other forums and it provides a connection to her first memoir 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' the sentence was chosen to accompany her image on the stamp to reflect her passion for the written and spoken word. The sentence held great meaning for her and she is publicly identified with its popularity.

  4. Thomas Rabe:

    We believe this could be the most successful memoir in history.

  5. Guy Fieri:

    This really started almost as a family memoir getting my kid ready for college.


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