| Main Entry: | soap opera |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serial broadcast drama |
Synonyms: |
daytime drama, daytime serial, daytime soap, melodrama, nighttime soap, serial, soap |
| Main Entry: | episodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intermittent; composed of several tales |
Synonyms: |
anecdotal, digressive, disconnected, discursive, disjointed, incidental, irregular, occasional, picaresque, rambling, roundabout, segmented, soap opera, sporadic, wandering |
Antonyms: |
connected, lasting, permanent, regular, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | imbroglio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misunderstanding; fight |
Synonyms: |
altercation, argument, bickering, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out, flack, involvement, knock-down-drag-out, miff, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in, soap opera, spat, squabble |
Antonyms: |
agreement, peacemaking |
| Main Entry: | saga |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story, often long |
Synonyms: |
adventure, chronicle, epic, legend, narrative, soap opera, tale, yarn |
| Notes: | epics are long poems about legendary heroes; sagas are prose epics about famous men and women, especially of medieval times |