DOCUMENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DOCUMENT?

Need another word that means the same as “document”? Find 39 synonyms and 30 related words for “document” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Document” are: papers, text file, official paper, paper, form, certificate, deed, charter, contract, record, register, report, log, chronicle, file, archive, catalogue, put on record, commit to paper, set down, take down, write down, set down in writing, set down in black and white, write about, substantiate, back up, give force to, give weight to, bear out, corroborate, confirm, attest to, verify, prove, validate, authenticate, endorse, ratify

Document as a Noun

Definitions of "Document" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “document” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters.
• A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.
• A written account of ownership or obligation.
• Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature.
• Anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks.
• (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters.

Synonyms of "Document" as a noun (9 Words)

certificate	A document attesting ownership of an item or the fulfilment of legal requirements. A university accredited certificate.
charter	The hiring of an aircraft, ship, or motor vehicle for a special purpose. The town received a charter from the Emperor.
contract	The branch of law concerned with the making and observation of contracts. Smuggling bosses routinely put out contracts on witnesses.
deed	Something that people do or cause to happen. She had erred in both deed and manner.
form	A set order of words a formula. A form of words.
official paper	A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
paper	A business firm that publishes newspapers. A sheet of paper.
papers	A business firm that publishes newspapers.
text file	The words of something written.

Document as a Verb

Definitions of "Document" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “document” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Support or accompany with documentation.
• Record in detail.
• Record (something) in written, photographic, or other form.
• Support or supply with references.

Synonyms of "Document" as a verb (30 Words)

archive	Place or store something in an archive. The entire directory will be archived.
attest to	Authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity.
authenticate	Establish the authenticity of something. They were invited to authenticate artefacts from the Italian Renaissance.
back up	Be behind; approve of.
bear out	Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.
catalogue	Enter an item in a catalogue. It will be some time before the collection is fully catalogued.
chronicle	Record in chronological order; make a historical record. His work chronicles 20th century migration.
commit to paper	Confer a trust upon.
confirm	Administer the religious rite of confirmation to. The children were confirmed in their mother s faith.
corroborate	Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. The witness had corroborated the boy s account of the attack.
endorse	Give support or one’s approval to. The report was endorsed by the college.
file	File a formal charge against. The contract when signed is filed.
give force to	Give or supply.
give weight to	Give or supply.
log	Enter into a log as on ships and planes. There are plans to log 250 000 hectares of virgin rainforest.
prove	Prove formally demonstrate by a mathematical formal proof. The scheme has proved a great success.
put on record	Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.
ratify	Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation. Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.
record	Produce a programme or a piece or collection of music by recording a performance. They recorded an episode of the show.
register	Entrust a letter or parcel to a post office for transmission by registered post. Register for an election.
report	Be responsible for reporting the details of as in journalism. The teacher should report on the child s progress.
set down	Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.
set down in black and white	Become gelatinous.
set down in writing	Adapt for performance in a different way.
substantiate	Represent in bodily form. The president s trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country.
take down	Be seized or affected in a specified way.
validate	Demonstrate or support the truth or value of. All analytical methods should be validated in respect of accuracy.
verify	Confirm the truth of. Please verify that the doors are closed.
write about	Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word.
write down	Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word.

Usage Examples of "Document" as a verb

• Teaching resources that are documented clearly and comprehensively.
• Can you document your claims?
• The parents documented every step of their child's development.
• The photographer spent years documenting the lives of miners.

Associations of "Document" (30 Words)

annotation	A comment or instruction (usually added. Marginal annotations.
append	State or say further. The results of the survey are appended to this chapter.
archive	Place or store something in an archive. The entire directory will be archived.
archives	Collection of records especially about an institution.
archivist	A person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives.
catalogue	Enter an item in a catalogue. It will be some time before the collection is fully catalogued.
certificate	Present someone with a certificate. A birth certificate.
charter	Grant a charter to a city company university or other body. He described the act as a charter for vandals.
codicil	An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one. Francis has remembered him in a codicil to this will.
credentials	A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts.
cursive	Rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper. This style of writing began to compete with Gothic cursive.
declarative	A declarative sentence or phrase. Declarative statements.
depository	A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. Irish libraries became depositories for material from all over the world.
documentation	Documentary validation. User documentation.
dramaturgy	The theory and practice of dramatic composition. Studies of Shakespeare s dramaturgy.
file	Smooth with a file. MI5 were keeping a file on him.
lease	Grant property on lease let. She leased the site to a local company.
letter	Classify with letters. In high school she lettered in soccer basketball and softball.
library	A collection of books and periodicals held in a library. A university library.
museum	A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value. It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the city is now a living museum.
postscript	Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end. As a postscript to this Paul did finally marry.
record	Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove. There is no record of his having graduated.
registered	Of a letter or parcel sent by registered post. Registered bonds.
registration	The series of letters and figures identifying a motor vehicle assigned on registration and displayed on a number plate. The registration of births marriages and deaths.
repository	A person to whom a secret is entrusted. A deep repository for nuclear waste.
transcribe	Synthesize (RNA) using a template of existing DNA (or vice versa), so that the genetic information is copied. His largest early work was transcribed for organ.
transcript	A length of RNA or DNA that has been transcribed respectively from a DNA or RNA template. He read a transcript of the interrogation.
transcription	The act of making a record (especially an audio record. Our usual transcription is given in brackets.
verify	Make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true, accurate, or justified. Verify a claim.
writing	Handwriting. The writing in her novels is excellent.