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documentary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of documentary

restricted to or based on fact

a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

Synonyms of documentary

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

Words Related to documentary

actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, right

documented, established

confirmable, reliable, supportable, sustainable, verifiable

demonstrable, provable

incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable

certain, undoubted

Near Antonyms of documentary

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

Antonyms of documentary

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

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