What is another word for anecdote?
1394 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈanɪkdˌə͡ʊt], [ ˈanɪkdˌəʊt], [ ˈa_n_ɪ_k_d_ˌəʊ_t]
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Similar words for anecdote:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- account (noun)
- anecdote (noun)
- communication (noun)
- description, reading (noun)
- fiction (noun)
- interesting or amusing story (noun)
- memoir (noun)
- narration (noun)
- narrative (noun)
- prose (noun)
- reminiscence (noun)
- story (noun)
- tale (noun)
- yarn (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Anecdote:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- classic,
- adaptation,
- drama.
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- words.
- tall story,
- storytelling,
- cliff hanger,
- un truths,
- un truth,
- terminological inexactitudes,
- mis-representations,
- un-truths,
- work of imagination,
- un-truth,
- figment imagination,
- best seller,
- mis representations,
- figment of imagination,
- clotheslines,
- storytellings,
- potboilers,
- potboiler,
- romance,
- mis representation,
- work imagination,
- clothesline,
- terminological inexactitude,
- tall stories,
- cliff-hangers,
- mis-representation,
- cliff-hanger,
- cliff hangers.
- gag,
- fish story,
- old chestnut,
- incident,
- episode,
- short story,
- recital,
- long and short of it,
- narrative,
- chestnut,
- relation.
- BIO,
- auto biographies,
- trans actions,
- auto biography,
- auto-biographies,
- dis courses,
- re-collections,
- Tractate,
- dis course,
- memoir,
- re collections,
- Vita,
- tractates,
- BIOS,
- auto-biography,
- dis-course,
- trans-actions,
- dis-courses,
- re collection,
- re-collection,
- vitae.
- de tail,
- re counts,
- long and short it,
- de tails,
- Chronologies,
- long short of it,
- de-tails,
- re-counts,
- de-tail,
- chronology,
- long short it.
- myth,
- plot,
- fiction,
- plainness,
- saga,
- novella,
- reading matter,
- allegory,
- recount,
- storyline,
- serial,
- fable,
- retelling,
- prosaicness,
- prose,
- novel,
- legend,
- scenario,
- parable.
- re living,
- re livings,
- re-living,
- firsthand accounts,
- re-livings,
- reliving,
- relivings,
- rememberings,
- firsthand account.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- folk tale,
- detective,
- prequel,
- ghost story,
- life history,
- nonfiction,
- sequel,
- horror story,
- tall tale,
- trilogy,
- parody,
- passion play,
- tragedy,
- screenplay,
- mystery play,
- tearjerker,
- farce,
- thriller,
- comedy,
- oral history,
- romp,
- faction,
- pantomime,
- subplot,
- fantasy,
- fairy tale,
- melodrama,
- fanfic,
- masque,
- life story,
- urban myth,
- cock-and-bull story,
- tragicomedy,
- horror,
- two-hander,
- black comedy.
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- full-length,
- tableau.
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- HIT.
- idea,
- masquerade,
- unfavorable judgment,
- roll of tobacco,
- one-year,
- tag,
- seal off,
- melody,
- amusing,
- crease,
- stock list,
- lie down,
- try out,
- yellow journalism,
- memorial,
- walkaway,
- peculiar,
- portraying,
- suspect,
- confabulate,
- halt,
- annotate,
- relative,
- successiveness,
- career,
- hazard,
- rumourmonger,
- wittiness,
- claver,
- unrivalled,
- tattle,
- stick,
- wit,
- argument,
- falsity,
- phonograph record,
- chronological succession,
- day by day,
- course,
- course session,
- stem,
- nomenclature,
- enigma,
- contemplation,
- word picture,
- burnish,
- line of business,
- poppycock,
- ruminative,
- pot,
- motion picture,
- forcemeat,
- halting,
- consist,
- particular,
- taradiddle,
- powder store,
- billet,
- cash register,
- slice,
- line drawing,
- birdcall,
- rebuke,
- best,
- drill,
- passageway,
- take,
- color,
- colour,
- rime,
- first-rate,
- selective information,
- chicanery,
- scoop out,
- run,
- narrate,
- reflective,
- critical review,
- oddity,
- heartbeat,
- grass,
- gritty,
- preaching,
- string up,
- affirmation,
- hoax,
- gravel,
- followup,
- chap,
- dry run,
- record album,
- sect,
- epic poem,
- put down,
- proceeds,
- discussion,
- in series,
- tucker out,
- armory,
- play a trick on,
- glossary,
- stock-take,
- numeration,
- draw,
- larger-than-life,
- consequence,
- mockery,
- foolery,
- venture,
- lay,
- recite,
- unrivaled,
- cover,
- shoo-in,
- electric organ,
- toy,
- set up,
- mutant,
- body fluid,
- icon,
- caption,
- index finger,
- imaging,
- fume,
- comic,
- chain,
- patter,
- bodily fluid,
- conjuring trick,
- nibble,
- notation,
- dumbfound,
- point,
- monitor,
- gamy,
- trounce,
- fantasize,
- command,
- seethe,
- considerateness,
- report card,
- observance,
- maneuver,
- intermixture,
- frustrate,
- assemble,
- chronological record,
- coition,
- impulse,
- re-experiencing,
- rag week,
- opus,
- tab,
- carnal knowledge,
- semblance,
- hold,
- prospect,
- crinkle,
- forefinger,
- fraud,
- drawing string,
- rendition,
- blood,
- deceit,
- sequential,
- chopper,
- issue,
- flirt,
- classical,
- philander,
- diddle,
- seriocomedy,
- job,
- answer for,
- compact,
- koran,
- tack together,
- crevice,
- break up,
- news show,
- crack up,
- unmatched,
- business concern,
- criminal record,
- make happy,
- cracking,
- pulsate,
- go through with,
- takeoff,
- dumb show,
- counting,
- railway line,
- calculate,
- put through,
- playact,
- partiality,
- follow-up,
- newssheet,
- life sentence,
- variation,
- heave,
- tone,
- take note,
- lecture,
- crippled,
- accounting,
- tune,
- peerless,
- fraudulence,
- sum-up,
- exponent,
- edition,
- result,
- frivolity,
- sortie,
- periodic,
- calamity,
- hebdomadally,
- rubric,
- police detective,
- script,
- fresh,
- capriole,
- vex,
- business enterprise,
- get at,
- return,
- get,
- pic,
- musical note,
- fast one,
- put off,
- actor's line,
- backchat,
- coitus,
- file,
- snap,
- spirited,
- cadence,
- grievous bodily harm,
- round,
- discuss,
- motif,
- express mirth,
- speech,
- exercise,
- playscript,
- odd,
- dissertate,
- incidental,
- super,
- fiddle,
- quran,
- soot,
- sens,
- roguery,
- flick,
- meter reading,
- boast,
- tittle-tattle,
- sealskin,
- beat up,
- subject,
- irritate,
- sexual intercourse,
- lineament,
- commonplace,
- account book,
- look back,
- closed book,
- put together,
- everyday,
- disk,
- mot,
- comical,
- merriment,
- brushup,
- board,
- expo,
- sheet,
- trump,
- analytic thinking,
- tabular array,
- one and only,
- fantastic,
- liquid ecstasy,
- lame,
- stuff and nonsense,
- byplay,
- platitude,
- shady,
- punning,
- stamp,
- admonisher,
- overreach,
- guy,
- take on,
- blood line,
- fairytale,
- limited review,
- tableau vivant,
- adumbrate,
- dangerous undertaking,
- have,
- grotesque,
- hummer,
- pose,
- musical comedy,
- impressive,
- flowering,
- fling,
- jocularity,
- carry out,
- melodic theme,
- set back,
- contingent,
- mimer,
- wages,
- wallpaper,
- fastball,
- indicator,
- taro,
- locoweed,
- visit,
- panorama,
- fictionalization,
- devilry,
- revealing,
- innovation,
- chat up,
- perspicuity,
- fox,
- imagery,
- trickery,
- chew up,
- glossiness,
- attempt,
- chronological sequence,
- chin-wagging,
- mash,
- dope,
- excuse,
- take to task,
- reexamine,
- sung,
- bloodline,
- project,
- baffle,
- bring,
- love story,
- beat out,
- laughter,
- mag,
- melodic line,
- sportswoman,
- balefulness,
- takings,
- written report,
- cocoyam,
- book of account,
- cross-file,
- drum,
- ikon,
- extemporisation,
- personation,
- taste,
- platter,
- retrospect,
- back,
- impression,
- bombilate,
- amaze,
- offer,
- repulsion,
- harmonium,
- living,
- meet,
- newsworthiness,
- composition,
- notion,
- outline,
- recapitulation,
- revue,
- agate line,
- chestnut tree,
- quirkiness,
- clip,
- clause,
- assay,
- memory board,
- period of play,
- work,
- waggery,
- retch,
- tatter,
- drawstring,
- sermon,
- vanquish,
- spoken communication,
- nark,
- 1,
- remonstrate,
- cachet,
- work over,
- score,
- bullet,
- reed organ,
- strangle,
- seal of approval,
- make merry,
- bowed stringed instrument,
- max,
- lunacy,
- illusion,
- take stock,
- nettle,
- scramble,
- wassail,
- mark,
- apprisal,
- mixture,
- suffocate,
- mummer,
- part,
- scuttlebutt,
- mask,
- crotchet,
- tabularise,
- dividing line,
- pick,
- pipeline,
- ace,
- instruction,
- send-up,
- class period,
- eminence,
- risible,
- contrast,
- run along,
- fantastical,
- proceedings,
- adage,
- view,
- gambling,
- disaster,
- magic,
- tomboy,
- terminology,
- magic trick,
- tally,
- delineation,
- day-by-day,
- blackguard,
- pictorial matter,
- objet d'art,
- characterization,
- mental imagery,
- give-and-take,
- heroic,
- resource,
- fantasise,
- wile,
- passing,
- converse,
- extemporization,
- holy writ,
- recreate,
- origin,
- lampblack,
- strand,
- rum,
- line of merchandise,
- level,
- seek,
- broody,
- manifestation,
- succinct,
- postpone,
- intelligence,
- musical rhythm,
- melodious,
- mystify,
- proverb,
- i,
- patch,
- limning,
- horselaugh,
- newsmonger,
- encounter,
- personal line of credit,
- nonfictional prose,
- painting,
- product line,
- enjoy,
- word of god,
- flightiness,
- puzzle,
- cogent,
- whacker,
- perplex,
- parentage,
- powder magazine,
- looseness,
- word-painting,
- annotating,
- inspection,
- berate,
- act,
- whimsey,
- tarradiddle,
- scissure,
- thoughtfulness,
- trifle,
- treatment,
- item,
- chatter,
- newsprint,
- descent,
- subscriber line,
- pantomimist,
- whim,
- moving-picture show,
- jollify,
- successive,
- meditative,
- cliche,
- pipe organ,
- tantrum,
- nonpareil,
- queer,
- bestseller,
- tick,
- inventorying,
- stake,
- mettlesome,
- sendup,
- phonograph recording,
- travesty,
- crush,
- go over,
- liquid body substance,
- stupefy,
- tornado,
- souvenir,
- roleplay,
- financial statement,
- federal reserve note,
- row,
- polish,
- banter,
- occupation,
- bawl out,
- pondering,
- shelve,
- reappraisal,
- express joy,
- stocktaking,
- spirit,
- rummy,
- sung dynasty,
- call,
- reckoning,
- solicit,
- outdo,
- store,
- input,
- air,
- strain,
- every week,
- chin wag,
- rollick,
- tease,
- circumstance,
- line of reasoning,
- exclusive,
- lark about,
- clientele,
- condition,
- smut,
- evasiveness,
- depicting,
- runaway,
- play tricks,
- agenda,
- tec,
- lambaste,
- run around,
- pull a fast one on,
- taunt,
- revaluation,
- enactment,
- weed,
- reflexion,
- varnish,
- passing comment,
- dramatic play,
- summercater,
- traditional knowledge,
- voice communication,
- examine,
- newspaper publisher,
- annoy,
- phantasy,
- outwit,
- communication channel,
- speech communication,
- argumentation,
- ridicule,
- storage,
- check,
- gamey,
- costa,
- gamble,
- imaginativeness,
- melodic phrase,
- art object,
- chop shot,
- relation back,
- devilment,
- byword,
- thrum,
- song dynasty,
- run a risk,
- ancestry,
- reprimand,
- picture show,
- fracture,
- note of hand,
- casual,
- latin,
- concern,
- flim-flam,
- skylark,
- cartridge,
- shimmer,
- queerness,
- rest,
- retainer,
- bet,
- fob,
- matter,
- info,
- chicane,
- tabulate,
- man,
- bombinate,
- armoury,
- take chances,
- choke,
- program line,
- revelry,
- mischief-making,
- expounding,
- stuff,
- chat,
- file away,
- oral communication,
- linguistic communication,
- chafe,
- news program,
- hebdomadal,
- camarilla,
- cabal,
- pound,
- firearm,
- lifetime,
- gossiper,
- cartoon,
- sexual relation,
- woo,
- scoopful,
- dun,
- video,
- transition,
- bombination,
- metre,
- cavort,
- romance language,
- heroic poem,
- hoyden,
- circumvent,
- twine,
- exposure,
- dustup,
- roast,
- single,
- rule book,
- fissure,
- bed,
- copulation,
- scoop shovel,
- roguishness,
- junto,
- anamnesis,
- romanticism,
- assembly line,
- notice,
- cable,
- reflectivity,
- short letter,
- whoremaster,
- sprightliness,
- easy lay,
- chew the fat,
- implement,
- indulgence,
- rail line,
- write up,
- mention,
- taro root,
- liveliness,
- preeminence,
- dress down,
- bank bill,
- bit,
- bank note,
- leger,
- subsequence,
- blowout,
- torment,
- reading material,
- prove,
- ride,
- mirthful,
- spell,
- outsmart,
- distinction,
- retentiveness,
- root word,
- rally,
- remit,
- singing,
- retentivity,
- humbug,
- follow out,
- vocal,
- fishy,
- soap,
- line of gab,
- child's play,
- sequent,
- pensive,
- exhaust,
- prorogue,
- chaffer,
- have words,
- lumber,
- tack,
- consecutive,
- assembly,
- lifespan,
- devil,
- play a joke on,
- lit,
- installment,
- pulse,
- indicant,
- disc,
- chin wagging,
- whoop it up,
- confab,
- bunk,
- commemoration,
- moving picture,
- bewilder,
- fictionalisation,
- titlark,
- catalogue,
- invoice,
- observe,
- run-in,
- break,
- chalk out,
- dramatic event,
- reassessment,
- good book,
- bait,
- excogitation,
- dead,
- depth psychology,
- enter,
- intercourse,
- get to,
- reward,
- sex act,
- epos,
- study,
- yield,
- yearly,
- shred,
- small-arm,
- manufacture,
- haw-haw,
- motion-picture show,
- test,
- data,
- reputation,
- chit chat,
- call on the carpet,
- call down,
- dish the dirt,
- design,
- greenback,
- act as,
- review article,
- lying,
- line of products,
- refreshing,
- serial publication,
- unmatchable,
- temporary expedient,
- psychoanalysis,
- wrinkle,
- interpretation,
- setting,
- funniness,
- tantalize,
- sallying forth,
- tag end,
- spoken language,
- ticktock,
- thump,
- turn,
- mesa,
- measure,
- lyric,
- image,
- business organization,
- lie in,
- mutation,
- farce comedy,
- outcome,
- goop,
- retention,
- dictum,
- musical passage,
- photograph,
- brooding,
- gage,
- top-notch,
- practice session,
- take to,
- flummery,
- chide,
- meadowlark,
- natter,
- chop up,
- emblem,
- line of work,
- nonparallel,
- volume,
- mimic,
- tops,
- sawing machine,
- melodic,
- variant,
- muzzle,
- channel,
- scenery,
- court,
- handing over,
- cleft,
- plot of land,
- ane,
- account statement,
- suspicious,
- green goddess,
- topnotch,
- conception,
- risk,
- reserve,
- resume,
- power saw,
- perspicuousness,
- bid,
- numbering,
- holy scripture,
- uncut,
- photo,
- plat,
- floor,
- hold forth,
- read,
- translation,
- guile,
- playing period,
- coquet,
- clown around,
- twit,
- laugh at,
- aliveness,
- telephone line,
- figure,
- sense of humor,
- schedule,
- aspect,
- rigamarole,
- dally,
- legerdemain,
- fit,
- count,
- fret,
- production line,
- exculpation,
- power,
- laugher,
- visualise,
- lift out,
- equivocation,
- banker's bill,
- right,
- movie,
- track record,
- line of descent,
- birdsong,
- notebook computer,
- feature film,
- recall,
- feature article,
- go,
- reexamination,
- conniption,
- transit,
- bother,
- spunky,
- confection,
- describe,
- risky venture,
- punt,
- admiration,
- causerie,
- athletics,
- promissory note,
- maleficence,
- verbal description,
- stock-taking,
- love affair,
- cataclysm,
- succession,
- take down,
- assertion,
- carbon black,
- perceptiveness,
- sportsman,
- entropy,
- tell,
- lambast,
- literary criticism,
- playfulness,
- matchless,
- banality,
- rhythm,
- mystery story,
- effect,
- record book,
- day-to-day,
- phone line,
- shell,
- plot of ground,
- jaw,
- earthenware jar,
- tidings,
- scripture,
- gimpy,
- recap,
- practice,
- furrow,
- epical,
- stage business,
- base,
- gabfest,
- commercial enterprise,
- topic,
- butterfly,
- continuation,
- characterisation,
- capriciousness,
- try,
- skunk,
- temper,
- transmission line,
- sealing wax,
- day-after-day,
- cartridge clip,
- conjuration,
- take up,
- make for,
- follow through,
- verse,
- humour,
- bank line,
- expression,
- talk about,
- bedevil,
- harlequinade,
- bible,
- racket,
- homeliness,
- credit line,
- repugnance,
- scold,
- nonplus,
- registry,
- hold over,
- root,
- thread,
- line of credit,
- notification,
- gaming,
- manoeuvre,
- depict,
- diagram,
- cranny,
- resourcefulness,
- plot line,
- demarcation,
- electronic organ,
- musical theater,
- mood,
- government note,
- musical composition,
- revulsion,
- curious,
- ticktack,
- investigator,
- laughable,
- gab,
- secret plan,
- chin-wag,
- hum,
- case,
- spoof,
- whimsicality,
- sess,
- jeopardize,
- chit-chat,
- flap,
- a-one,
- instalment,
- coquette,
- telephone circuit,
- break through,
- trace,
- pass,
- stemma,
- sexual congress,
- pedigree,
- chew out,
- mirror image,
- survey,
- lampoon,
- grasp,
- envision,
- bushed,
- memoranda,
- put over,
- stratum,
- stock,
- shoot the breeze,
- go for,
- business relationship,
- poke fun,
- delineate,
- watching,
- piece of music,
- index number,
- pulsation,
- natural event,
- deception,
- affair,
- falsification,
- scoop up,
- train,
- razz,
- heater,
- craziness,
- contemplative,
- linguistic process,
- crock up,
- collapse,
- business line,
- tape,
- tiptop,
- cosmic string,
- quarrel,
- mischievousness,
- string along,
- refresh,
- drumhead,
- business sector,
- singular,
- bribe,
- dwell,
- radical,
- brush up,
- bill,
- news report,
- show,
- weighty,
- prosiness,
- animation,
- beatnik,
- mental picture,
- clown,
- film,
- vision,
- quiver,
- represent,
- pocket,
- publishing,
- masquerade party,
- cartridge holder,
- dasheen,
- logarithm,
- final payment,
- characteristic,
- upshot,
- pasquinade,
- whoremonger,
- exhibition,
- pipit,
- indication,
- wager,
- hack,
- paronomasia,
- custom,
- small talk,
- series,
- lineage,
- chance,
- self-justification,
- fondness,
- ragtime,
- catastrophe,
- walloper,
- arbitrariness,
- jest at,
- new,
- vista,
- swordplay,
- all in,
- computer memory,
- free rein,
- bet on,
- funny remark,
- folly,
- bombilation,
- logical argument,
- frisk,
- tucker,
- unity,
- outfox,
- outflank,
- secret,
- musical theme,
- interpreting,
- gossipmonger,
- feature of speech,
- banknote,
- unitary,
- personal credit line,
- seam,
- smoking,
- discernment,
- testimonial,
- visualize,
- point out,
- flummox,
- meter,
- tabularize,
- wreak,
- each week,
- gap,
- crucify,
- life-time,
- compendious,
- shot,
- disport,
- wash up,
- delight,
- hee-haw,
- magazine publisher,
- pantomimer,
- while,
- defer,
- rumormonger,
- word,
- tantalise,
- wrangle,
- take a chance,
- computer storage,
- make fun,
- deviltry,
- telltale,
- sunk fence,
- rascality,
- see,
- dupery,
- patronage,
- whirl,
- rile,
- adjustment,
- render.
How to use "Anecdote" in context?
The word "anecdote" is derived from the Greek "anaconthos," meaning "things not stated." An anecdote is a short story or personal event that is told for the purposes of illustration or amusement. An anecdote can be about anything, from a funny story to a tragic event. They can also be used to illustrate a point, or to provide a personal perspective on a topic.
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Homophones for Anecdote:
- aniseed, awninged, anagasta, amassed, Amish Sect, Anas Acuta, amusd, angst, anhingidae, annunciate, amazed, announced, amastia, animosity, amused, ansaid, amnesty, anxiety, anisette, amino acid, animist, anguidae, anguished.
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