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STORY Synonyms

There are 29 synonyms of the word story. (exact relations)
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

Best Hypernyms For STORY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for story, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
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Phrases (1)
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