STORY Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word story. (close relations)
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account | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a record or narrative description of past events • a short account of the news • a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services • a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. • grounds • importance or value • a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance • the act of informing by verbal report • an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered • the quality of taking advantage verb • be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something • keep an account of • to give an account or representation of in words • furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
chronicle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a record or narrative description of past events verb • record in chronological order; make a historical record | ||||||||
history | nounn | |||||||
noun • the aggregate of past events • a record or narrative description of past events • the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings • the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future • all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge | ||||||||
narration | 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 • the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events • (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth | ||||||||
report | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a written document describing the findings of some individual or group • the act of informing by verbal report • a short account of the news • a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing) • a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment • an essay (especially one written as an assignment) • the general estimation that the public has for a person verb • to give an account or representation of in words • announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding • announce one's presence • make known to the authorities • be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism • complain about; make a charge against | ||||||||
anecdote | nounn | |||||||
noun • short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | ||||||||
description | nounn | |||||||
noun • a statement that represents something in words • the act of describing something • sort or variety | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
legend | nounn | |||||||
noun • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events • brief description accompanying an illustration | ||||||||
myth | nounn | |||||||
noun • a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people | ||||||||
recital | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events • performance of music or dance especially by soloists • a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance • a detailed account or description of something | ||||||||
relation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together • sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur • a person related by blood or marriage • an act of narration • (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time • (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | ||||||||
telling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • an act of narration • informing by words • disclosing information or giving evidence about another adjective satellite • disclosing unintentionally something concealed • powerfully persuasive • producing a strong effect | ||||||||
version | nounn | |||||||
noun • an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint • something a little different from others of the same type • a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form • a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language • a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something • manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) | ||||||||
yarn | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events • a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving verb • tell or spin a yarn | ||||||||
floor | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) • a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale • a lower limit • the ground on which people and animals move about • the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water • the lower inside surface of any hollow structure • the occupants of a floor • the parliamentary right to address an assembly • the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business • a large room in a exchange where the trading is done verb • surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off • knock down with force | ||||||||
level | nounn | |||||||
noun • a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality • a relative position or degree of value in a graded group • a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process • height above ground • indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid • a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line • an abstract place usually conceived as having depth • a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale adjective satellite • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another • not showing abrupt variations • being on a precise horizontal plane • oriented at right angles to the plumb • of the score in a contest verb • aim at • tear down so as to make flat with the ground • make level or straight • direct into a position for use • talk frankly with; lay it on the line • become level or even | ||||||||
fib | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a trivial lie verb • tell a relatively insignificant lie | ||||||||