What is another word for narrative?
507 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nˈaɹətˌɪv], [ nˈaɹətˌɪv], [ n_ˈa_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]
Narrative refers to a story told through a series of events or experiences. Synonyms for narrative include tale, story, account, chronicle, anecdote, report, and history. A tale is a story that may or may not be true, while a story is a narrative that has a beginning, middle, and end. An account is a detailed description of events or experiences, while a chronicle is a series of events arranged in order of time. An anecdote is a short, amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. A report is a detailed account of information, while a history is a chronological account of past events.
Synonyms for Narrative:
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adj.
• prose • all • descriptive- de scribing ,
- de tailed ,
- de-scribing ,
- de-tailed ,
- ex tended ,
- ex-tended ,
- more anecdotic ,
- more characterizing ,
- more classificatory ,
- more depictive ,
- more describing ,
- more designating ,
- more identifying ,
- more particularized ,
- more revealing ,
- most anecdotic ,
- most characterizing ,
- most classificatory ,
- most depictive ,
- most describing ,
- most designating ,
- most identifying ,
- most particularized ,
- most revealing ,
- true life .
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n.
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- black comedy .
- blow by blow ,
- lowdown ,
- play by play ,
- rationalization ,
- the picture ,
- the whole picture ,
- whole picture .
- Bank book ,
- Cashbook ,
- album ,
- archive ,
- autobiography ,
- biography ,
- book ,
- calendar ,
- catalog ,
- chronicle ,
- chronology ,
- daybook ,
- diary ,
- docket ,
- enumeration ,
- index ,
- inventory ,
- journal ,
- ledger ,
- log ,
- memo ,
- memorandum ,
- newsletter ,
- newspaper ,
- notebook ,
- recital ,
- record ,
- register ,
- scrapbook ,
- yearbook .
- de lineation ,
- de lineations ,
- de-lineation ,
- de-lineations ,
- ex plication ,
- ex plications ,
- ex-plication ,
- ex-plications ,
- in formations ,
- in-formation ,
- in-formations ,
- re citation ,
- re citations ,
- re cord ,
- re cords ,
- re presentation ,
- re presentations ,
- re-citation ,
- re-citations ,
- re-cord ,
- re-cords ,
- re-presentations ,
- recountals ,
- summarizations .
- cliff hanger ,
- cliff hangers ,
- cliff-hangers ,
- figment imagination ,
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis-representation ,
- mis-representations ,
- storytellings ,
- terminological inexactitudes ,
- un truth ,
- un truths ,
- un-truth ,
- un-truths ,
- work imagination .
- auto biographies ,
- auto biography ,
- auto-biographies ,
- auto-biography ,
- pre histories ,
- pre history ,
- pre-histories ,
- pre-history ,
- prehistories ,
- re capitulation ,
- re capitulations ,
- re-capitulation ,
- re-capitulations .
- dis course ,
- dis courses ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-courses ,
- re collection ,
- re collections ,
- re-collection ,
- re-collections ,
- tractates ,
- trans actions ,
- trans-actions .
- de sign ,
- de signs ,
- de-sign ,
- de-signs ,
- out line ,
- out lines ,
- out-line ,
- out-lines ,
- un folding ,
- un-folding .
- allegory ,
- episode ,
- myth ,
- parable ,
- plainness ,
- prosaicness ,
- reading matter ,
- recount ,
- reminiscence ,
- retelling ,
- scenario ,
- serial ,
- storyline .
Other synonyms:
- descriptive .
- explanation .
- version .
Other relevant words:
• noun
- Anacreontic ,
- Anecdotage ,
- Annal ,
- Chronicling ,
- Chronologic ,
- Describing ,
- Fabliau ,
- Gest ,
- Geste ,
- Historiette ,
- Illustratively ,
- Narrated ,
- Narratively ,
- Relating ,
- Retold ,
- Rhapsodical ,
- Skaldic ,
- Traditionary ,
- adaptation ,
- advance ,
- adventure ,
- adventures ,
- ana ,
- anecdotal ,
- anecdotally ,
- anecdotic ,
- annals ,
- announcement ,
- archives ,
- bardic ,
- best-seller ,
- blockbuster ,
- bucolic ,
- chronological ,
- chronologically ,
- clarify ,
- classic ,
- cock-and-bull story ,
- comedy ,
- commentary ,
- communication ,
- communicative ,
- communicatory ,
- confessions ,
- connect ,
- continue ,
- define ,
- definition ,
- delineation ,
- depiction ,
- describe ,
- described ,
- descriptively ,
- despatch ,
- detail ,
- detailing ,
- detective ,
- detective story ,
- didactic ,
- dispatch ,
- disquisition ,
- dissertation ,
- dithyrambic ,
- documentary ,
- drama ,
- dramatic ,
- edda ,
- elegiac ,
- elucidate ,
- enumerate ,
- epical ,
- epically ,
- epos ,
- essay ,
- evocative ,
- evocatively ,
- expand ,
- experiences ,
- explain ,
- explanatorily ,
- explanatory ,
- explicate ,
- expound ,
- express ,
- expressive ,
- expressively ,
- fabrication ,
- fairy story ,
- fairy tale ,
- fantasy ,
- fib ,
- fictionally ,
- fictive ,
- fish story ,
- fish tale ,
- floor ,
- folktale ,
- follow ,
- fortunes ,
- gag ,
- garrulous ,
- garrulously ,
- ghost story ,
- grade ,
- graphic ,
- graphical ,
- graphically ,
- heroic ,
- historic ,
- historical ,
- historically ,
- horror story ,
- idyll ,
- idyllic ,
- illustrative ,
- information ,
- interpret ,
- interpretation ,
- joke ,
- kind ,
- kinsman ,
- kinswoman ,
- layer ,
- legendary ,
- level ,
- life ,
- line ,
- literature ,
- long and short of it ,
- love story ,
- lyrical ,
- melodrama ,
- memorial ,
- memorials ,
- mock-heroic ,
- mystery ,
- mythologize ,
- narrate ,
- narration ,
- narrational ,
- news ,
- news report ,
- novelette ,
- observe ,
- paper ,
- pass on ,
- pastoral ,
- persevere ,
- personal narrative ,
- piece ,
- poetic ,
- potboiler ,
- pronounce ,
- reading ,
- recap ,
- recapitulate ,
- recapitulation ,
- recitation ,
- recite ,
- recording ,
- recountal ,
- recounted ,
- refer ,
- rehearsal ,
- relate ,
- relation ,
- remain ,
- rendition ,
- repeat ,
- repetition ,
- reportage ,
- reported ,
- reportedly ,
- representation ,
- retailing ,
- retell ,
- revelation ,
- review ,
- rhapsodic ,
- roman-fleuve ,
- runic ,
- sapphic ,
- science fiction ,
- sequential ,
- sequentially ,
- speak ,
- spin ,
- storey ,
- storied ,
- storified ,
- storyteller ,
- storytelling ,
- suggestive ,
- suggestively ,
- tall tale ,
- taradiddle ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tell ,
- thread ,
- thriller ,
- tradition ,
- traditional ,
- trait ,
- unfolding ,
- vivid ,
- vividly ,
- weave ,
- well-drawn ,
- western ,
- whodunit ,
- whopper ,
- words ,
- write up .
- BIO ,
- BIOS ,
- Conte ,
- Re-mark ,
- Re-presentation ,
- Tractate ,
- Vita ,
- account ,
- anecdote ,
- best seller ,
- bestseller ,
- characterization ,
- characterizations ,
- chestnut ,
- chestnuts ,
- cliff-hanger ,
- clothesline ,
- clotheslines ,
- description ,
- ejaculation ,
- epic ,
- fable ,
- fiction ,
- figment of imagination ,
- folk story ,
- folktales ,
- heroic poem ,
- history ,
- in formation ,
- legend ,
- lore ,
- manifesto ,
- memoir ,
- news item ,
- non-fiction ,
- nonfiction ,
- novel ,
- novelettes ,
- novella ,
- novellas ,
- old chestnut ,
- old saw ,
- paperback ,
- paperbacks ,
- plot ,
- portraiture ,
- portraitures ,
- potboilers ,
- prehistory ,
- presentment ,
- presentments ,
- redaction ,
- report ,
- rewordings ,
- romance ,
- saga ,
- sea story ,
- serials ,
- short stories ,
- short story ,
- simplification ,
- simplifications ,
- sketch ,
- statement ,
- story ,
- story line ,
- story-line ,
- summarization ,
- tale ,
- tall story ,
- terminological inexactitude ,
- transcription ,
- transcriptions ,
- verbalization ,
- vignette ,
- vitae ,
- work of imagination ,
- writeup ,
- yarn .
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How to use "Narrative" in context?
Narrative is the term used to describe the sequence of stories in a work of fiction. It is one of the essential elements of writing. A written work of fiction must include a plot, which is the sequence of events that happen, and it must include a character development, which is the growth and change of the characters.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
narration.
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Noun, singular or mass
narration.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
descriptive, considerations, facts, arguments, views, sightings.
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Noun, singular or mass
characterization, data, descriptive, document, illustration, illustrative, plot, recollection, specification, wording, Curricula, programmes.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
description, presentation, descriptions, presentations.
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Noun, singular or mass
depiction, description, discourse, explanation, interpretation, note, picture, portrayal, presentation, text, presentations, storytelling.
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Proper noun, singular
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traipses
- Synonyms:
- Slugs, wanders, dawdles, waddles.
