documentary

¹doc·u·men·ta·ry

adj \-ˈmen-tə-rē, -ˈmen-trē\

Definition of DOCUMENTARY

1

: being or consisting of documents : contained or certified in writing <documentary evidence>

2

: of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : factual, objective <a documentary film of the war>

— doc·u·men·tar·i·ly \-mən-ˈter-ə-lē, -ˌmen-\ adverb

Examples of DOCUMENTARY

1. You must present documentary proof of your residence.
2. <a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor>

First Known Use of DOCUMENTARY

1802

Related to DOCUMENTARY

Synonyms: factual, hard, historical, literal, matter-of-fact, nonfictional, objective, true

Antonyms: fictional, fictionalized, fictitious, nondocumentary, nonfactual, nonhistorical, unhistorical

Related Words: actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, right; documented, established; confirmable, reliable, supportable, sustainable, verifiable; demonstrable, provable; incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable; plain, simple; certain, undoubted

Near Antonyms: hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic); apocryphal, unauthentic, undocumented; chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginary, imagined, invented, legendary, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), pretend; embroidered, exaggerated; insupportable, unsupportable

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Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with DOCUMENTARY

complementary, double entry, elementary, mockumentary, rudimentary, sedimentary, single entry, supplementary, testamentary