biographical

adjective

bio·​graph·​i·​cal ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 

variants or less commonly biographic

ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fik 

1

: of, relating to, or constituting biography

2

: consisting of biographies

a biographical dictionary

3

: relating to a list briefly identifying persons

biographical notes

biographically

ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of biographical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

The biographical drama stars Anders Danielsen Lie as jazz piano legend Bill Evans, with Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf and Barry Ward starring. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

His campaign did not respond to an email request asking for biographical information. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

The narrator of The Radiance, also named Ayad Akhtar, is a Pakistani American playwright and novelist who has ostensibly written the books Akhtar has written and shares many of the same biographical coordinates. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for biographical

• autobiographical
• biogeographical
• epigraphical
• ethnographical
• geographical
• petrographical
• stratigraphical
• topographical
• typographical
• graphical
• historiographical
• iconographical