All memoir synonyms

noun memoir

• autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
• account — If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
• memory — the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
• treatise — a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
• chronicle — To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
• journal — a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations: She kept a journal during her European trip.
• anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
• life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
• reminiscence — the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
• diary — A diary is a book which has a separate space for each day of the year. You use a diary to write down things you plan to do, or to record what happens in your life day by day.
• thesis — a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
• narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
• biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
• dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
• register — a list or record of such acts, events, etc.
• discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
• monograph — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
• confessions — acknowledgment; avowal; admission: a confession of incompetence.
• annal — the recorded events of one year
• bio — a biography, often a very brief one
• tractate — a treatise; essay.
• vita — curriculum vitae (def 1).
• history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
• description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
• record — to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote.
• dossier — a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
• essay — A short piece of writing on a particular subject.
• article — An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
• report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
• paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.