| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | storylike, chronological |
Synonyms: |
anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential |
Antonyms: |
rambling |
| 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: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description of past events |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, annal, blow by blow, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown, make*, narration, narrative, play by play, recital, report, run-down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture, the whole picture, version |
| 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: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account in speech, writing |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration, narrative, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, report, representation, rundown, sketch, specification, statement, story, summarization, summary, tale, version, vignette, writeup, yarn |
Antonyms: |
misrepresentation |
| Main Entry: | descriptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
anecdotic, characteristic, characterizing, circumstantial, classificatory, clear, definitive, delineative, depictive, describing, designating, detailed, eloquent, explicative, expository, expressive, extended, graphic, identifying, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, indicative, interpretive, lifelike, narrative, particularized, pictorial, picturesque, revealing, specific, true to life, vivid |
Antonyms: |
confusing, cursory, undescriptive |
| Main Entry: | documentary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigative report |
Synonyms: |
account, broadcast, docudrama, feature, film, information, narrative |
| Main Entry: | epic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long story |
Synonyms: |
heroic poem, legend, narrative, saga, tale |
Antonyms: |
short story |
| Main Entry: | fiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | made-up story |
Synonyms: |
anecdote, best seller, book, cliff-hanger, clothesline, concoction, crock, drama, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fib, figment of imagination, fish story, hooey, imagination, improvisation, invention, legend, lie, misrepresentation, myth, narrative, novel, potboiler, prevarication, romance, smoke*, storytelling, tale, tall story, terminological inexactitude, untruth, whopper, work of imagination, yarn |
Antonyms: |
non-fiction, truth |
| Main Entry: | history |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle of events |
Synonyms: |
account, annals, autobiography, biography, diary, epic, journal, memoirs, narration, narrative, prehistory, recapitulation, recital, record, relation, report, saga, story, tale, version |