Synonyms of annotation

annotation

noun

as in commentary

a written explanation, observation, etc. that is added to something (such as a book)

The translator's annotations to the text explain some of its cultural and historical context.

Related Words

• commentary
• analysis
• remark
• comment
• note
• reflection
• input
• exposition
• view
• aside
• judgment
• sentiment
• judgement
• belief
• verdict
• advice
• mind
• obiter dictum
• conviction
• notion
• eye
• persuasion
• feeling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annotation

The second set of annotations stated that Franklin had died just a few weeks after the first note was written, and a total of 24 officers and crew members had perished to date—a staggeringly high number for a Royal Navy expedition. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025

Bush, who oversaw America’s research efforts during World War II, imagined a system that would allow researchers to see all relevant annotations others had made on a document. —Mike Caulfield, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025

Screen Sharing, Collaboration, and Chat Screen sharing with GoTo Meeting is intuitive, but enabling annotation features isn't. —PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2025

But the finer points of theories that Joey is anti-TDE grow specious, rooted in the same confirmation bias that populates the loftier reviewed Genius annotations. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025