diaries
Daily written records
Diaries is the plural of diary—a book for recording daily events, thoughts, or appointments.
People keep diaries as personal journals: She found her grandmother's diaries in the attic.
A diary can also be a datebook for scheduling: Let me check my diary for next week.
The intimate nature of diaries makes them symbols of privacy: reading someone's diary.
Blank pages for jottings
- logbookOfficial record of events
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- daybookDaily transaction register
- entriesItems logged or submitted
jotter · sketchbook · ledger · agenda · booklet · pad · folio · workbook
Concealed information
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- candidHonest and direct
- handwrittenWritten by hand
- hiddenKept out of sight
intimate · personal · thoughts · feelings · musings · revelations · innermost · confidential
Recalling past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- memoriesStored past experiences
retrospect · childhood · keepsake · memento · bygone · vintage · rediscovered · attic
Self-penned life narrative
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- narrativeAccount of events
account · testimony · self-portrait · confessions · anecdotes · experiences · epistolary · eyewitness
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- meditationFocused attention practice
self-awareness · rumination · pondering · musing · mindfulness · self-reflection · soliloquy · brooding
Ordered display of events
- historyRecord of past events
- archiveStored historical records
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
register · chronology · log · minutes · proceedings · transcript · dossier · manuscript
notebook
Blank pages for jottings
entries · jotter · sketchbook · ledger · agenda · booklet · pad · folio · workbook · datebook
secrets
Concealed information
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- candidHonest and direct
- handwrittenWritten by hand
hidden · intimate · personal · thoughts · feelings · musings · revelations · innermost · confidential · adolescent
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
memories · retrospect · childhood · keepsake · memento · bygone · vintage · rediscovered · attic · trunk
autobiography
Self-penned life narrative
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- chronicleOrdered historical record
narrative · account · testimony · self-portrait · confessions · anecdotes · experiences · epistolary · eyewitness · documentation
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
meditation · self-awareness · rumination · pondering · musing · mindfulness · self-reflection · soliloquy · brooding · journaling
timeline
Ordered display of events
- historyRecord of past events
- archiveStored historical records
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
annals · register · chronology · log · minutes · proceedings · transcript · dossier · manuscript · accounts
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- literary formsnovel, novels, novella, poetry, poetry collections
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- memoirsmemoir, memoirs, autobiography, autobiographies, life story
- personal writingsjournals, memoirs, love letters, autobiographies, correspondence
- life writingmemoir, autobiography, biography, memoirs, memoir writing
diariespublications
Works issued to readers
public records · press releases · public announcements · newspapers · broadcasts
diariesofficial records
Authenticated documented information
government documents · encyclopedias · textbooks · academic papers · white papers
diariesplanners
Those who devise arrangements
calendars · agendas · schedules · itineraries · to-do lists
- video diariesRecorded personal accounts
- travel diariesJournals documenting trips
- food diariesRecords of meals consumed
- personal diariesPrivate daily written records
- secret diariesPrivate written records hidden
- The Vampire Diaries