| Main Entry: | anecdote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interesting or amusing story |
Synonyms: |
chestnut, episode, fairy tale, fish story, gag, incident, long and short of it, narration, narrative, old chestnut, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story, tall tale, yarn |
| Notes: | an antidote is a remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison; an agent is a force or substance that relieves or counteracts; an anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story, tale |
Synonyms: |
account, anecdote, book, chronicle, chronology, description, detail, fiction, history, line, long and short of it, narration, plot, potboiler, recount, report, statement, version, yarn |
| Main Entry: | story |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account, news |
Synonyms: |
adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, beat, biography, book, chronicle, cliffhanger, comedy, conte, description, drama, epic, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, feature, fiction, folktale, gag, history, information, legend, long and short of it, memoir, myth, narration, narrative, news item, nonfiction, novel, old saw, parable, potboiler, recital, record, relation, report, romance, saga, scoop*, sequel, serial, spiel*, tale, tragedy, version, yarn |
| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short statement of main points |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum and substance, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
detail, dissertation, thesis |
| Main Entry: | recap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case*, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum, sum and substance, summation, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
| Main Entry: | run-through |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case*, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recap*, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum, sum and substance, summation, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
| Main Entry: | summing-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case*, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recap*, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum, sum and substance, summation, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |