DOCUMENTS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of document

as in forms

a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it filled out the documents for a bank loan

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as in certificates

a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something have your documents ready as you approach the border

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verb

present tense third-person singular of document

as in proves

to show the existence or truth of by evidence he tried in vain to document a link between ancient civilizations and extraterrestrials

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Noun

Before Saylor Hayes’ parents were arrested in connection with the 5-year-old girl’s death this week, the couple had been charged with child abuse and had a history of drug use, court documents show. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 Johnson had also issued an arrest warrant against him in March, ruling him in contempt of court at that time over failing to turn over the financial documents, including state and federal tax returns along with bank statements and other filings. — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026 Jackson also has argued in recent court documents that Bohm couldn't have expected the crash to happen. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors alleged that Donna was one of the masterminds behind Markel’s murder, helping to fund the contract killing, which was estimated to cost even more than $100,000, according to court documents obtained by CNN. — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Nonetheless, the scale of the leak is staggering, and includes not just drivers licenses, but 10 million ID cards, over three million travel documents, and over half a million medical cards as well, representing over 170 million individuals total. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026 Outside the courthouse, Navarrete listed all the documents her client would need for a chance to stay, as his daughter furiously typed them into a cellphone. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Tenney warned that Honeywell had not taken necessary precautions to protect its systems, according to court documents. — Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026 New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian refute that testimony. — Ali Swenson, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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Alone in her tiny studio apartment, Sarah-Jane Hoadley regularly documents her life as a single woman in her 40s with no friends. — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 The accomplished small firm was rather inexplicably the sole Chicago firm featured in a new book by former Architectural Record editors that documents design-savvy designers between the coasts. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Part comedy, part child-appropriate horror, this early aughts film documents the friendship of human child Tony and vampire kid Rudolph. — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 22 Aug. 2026 Debuting on December 12, 2025 on Disney+, the feature documents the last concert on the extensive tour, during which Swift performed songs from almost all of her albums ever released. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Projects on the high injury network, which documents areas where serious collisions happen most frequently, are eligible for a separate pot of funding under Vision Zero. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 The study also documents how hypersonic projectile strikes force diamond to turn into graphite in millionths of a second, a rapid phase change that absorbs kinetic energy. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 The man who would later become a three-time Oscar winner documents his boyhood efforts to create films using an 8mm camera. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association documents an 89% reduction in heart attack deaths since 1970. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for documents

Noun

Unf***ing themselves took multiple forms and involved being fleet of foot.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Some of Western civilization’s greatest artists, including Botticelli, Raphael, Rubens, Canova, Cezanne, and Picasso, have all adapted their forms according to the tastes of the time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of forms

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Let’s Encrypt, the certificate authority that issued the certificates used in the hijacking, requires a quorum of them to return a positive result before a certificate is issued.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
Yeah, well, the import certificates were distinct, but their goal is to balance imports against exports.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of certificates

Noun

Digital passports are now accessible directly on Tod’s website, giving shoppers information on materials, production processes, locations and company certifications.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
By June 2017, 37% of warfare readiness certifications for cruiser and destroyer crews in Japan had expired.

— Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of certifications

Verb

The rule also establishes new design requirements, including a tracking barcode for mail-in ballot envelopes that states must create and submit to the USPS for approval.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Assembly Bill 1633 establishes the Private Detention Facility Tax Law, which would impose an annual 25% tax on operators of private detention centers.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of establishes

Verb

IonQ’s partnership with Sandia National Laboratories also demonstrates its increasing national-security relevance.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The research also demonstrates the JWST is more than capable of studying the dispersal of gas and dust around individual infant stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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