Synonyms for documentary
ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, -tri; ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tldoc·u·men·ta·ry

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1. documentarynoun

   Antonyms:
   fiction

2. documentarynoun

   of, related to, or based on documents.

   Antonyms:
   fiction

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1. documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainmentadjective

   a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

   Synonyms:
   documentary film, docudrama, infotainment

   Antonyms:
   unreal

2. documentary, documentaladjective

   relating to or consisting of or derived from documents

   Synonyms:
   objective, documental

   Antonyms:
   unreal

3. objective, documentaryadjective

   emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

   "objective art"

   Synonyms:
   objective, documental, nonsubjective, accusative

   Antonyms:
   unreal

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1. List of paraphrases for "documentary":

   documentaries, literature, desk, documentation, documents, written, document

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How to use documentary in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   I can relate to this program, does well in the classroom. Won twice in the past four years. Know what it's like for people to oppose you no matter what you try to do. When I flip on ESPN and I see a documentary about how people still 'hate' Christian Laettner -- a guy who played for Duke 23 years ago. I realize, well, maybe I don't have it so bad. Or I think this is going to be a long 23 years.

2. Aude Boissaye:

   It's documentary and personal and artistic, and that's what we like.

3. Sally Hollingworth:

   We were originally hoping to find marine fossils, and finding something so significant instead has been a real thrill, even better than that is seeing it turn into a major archaeological excavation led by DigVentures, and a BBC documentary presented by David Attenborough. We couldn't be more pleased that something we've discovered will be learned from and enjoyed by so many people.

4. Joe Berlinger:

   They’ve moved on, i think they’re all happy, positive people who are involved in their lives… but this is a shadow that has been cast over them, so I hope the show provides some closure for them… That they’ve had the chance to make peace with the past and have an opportunity to move on and know that there’s at least one documentary series out there that addresses their concerns. I hope it’s a healing experience for them to watch it.

5. Theresa Kostrzewa:

   We learned who the real Mitt was two years after the election when someone did a documentary, the mantra of this campaign is, 'Let Jeb be Jeb.'.