SHORT STORY Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the phrase short story. (close relations)
Definition of SHORT STORY
Best Alternative Words for SHORT STORY
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anecdote | nounn | |||||||
noun • short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | ||||||||
fable | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | ||||||||
narrative | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program adjective satellite • consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | ||||||||
parable | nounn | |||||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message | ||||||||
tale | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program • a trivial lie |