NARRATIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for NARRATIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “narrative”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “narrative” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Narrative” are: narration, story, tale, account, chronicle, history, description, record, portrayal, sketch, portrait, statement, report, rehearsal, recital, rendering

Narrative as a Noun

Definitions of "Narrative" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “narrative” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.
• 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 spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
• The practice or art of telling stories.
• A representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values.

Synonyms of "Narrative" as a noun (16 Words)

account	The department of a company that deals with financial accounts. She turned her writing skills to good account.
chronicle	A record or narrative description of past events. The rebels demands for personal freedom are conspicuous in the chronicles.
description	A spoken or written account of a person, object, or event. Every description of book was there.
history	A continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution. A patient with a complicated medical history.
narration	The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events. His narration was hesitant.
portrait	A representation or impression of someone or something in language or on film or television. The photographer made excellent portraits.
portrayal	A representation by picture or portraiture. His portrayal of the title character.
recital	A detailed account or description of something. Council Directive 92 56 contains detailed extracts from the Social Charter in its recitals.
record	Anything such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph providing permanent evidence of or information about past events. His name is in all the record books.
rehearsal	A practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert. A rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding.
rendering	The action of giving or surrendering something. A lively rendering of Ilkley Moor.
report	The act of informing by verbal report. Press reports suggested that the secret police were helping to maintain public order.
sketch	A short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a revue or comedy programme. A biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway.
statement	(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. According to his statement he was in London on that day.
story	A plot or storyline. United kept on trying but it was the same old story no luck.
tale	A trivial lie. An exact tale of the dead bodies.

Usage Examples of "Narrative" as a noun

• A gripping narrative.
• His narrative was interesting.
• The coalition's carefully constructed narrative about its sensitivity to recession victims.
• Traditions of oral narrative.
• The dialogue and the narrative suffer from awkward syntax.

Associations of "Narrative" (30 Words)

allude	Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at. He alluded to the problem but did not mention it.
anecdotal	Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes. Anecdotal conversation.
communicative	Relating to the conveyance or exchange of information. The communicative process in literary texts.
define	Decide upon or fix definitely. The tree was clearly defined by the light.
definition	Clarity of outline. We ve been pleased with the definition of this TV.
depict	Represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form. This scene depicts country life.
describe	Give a detailed account in words of. He described his experiences in a letter to his parents.
description	A type or class of people or things. The emphasis was placed on explanation rather than description.
dialog	The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction.
epistolary	Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence. An epistolary novel.
expatiate	Speak or write in detail about. She expatiated on working class novelists.
explain	Be the cause of or motivating factor for. He makes athletes explain why they made a mistake.
explanatory	Serving to explain something. An explanatory paragraph.
expository	Intended to explain or describe something. An expository prologue.
expound	Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail. He declined to expound on his decision.
inform	Give someone facts or information tell. That s nothing new she informed him.
informative	Providing or conveying information. A thought provoking informative article.
instructive	Useful and informative. It is instructive to compare the two projects.
interpretation	An explanation or way of explaining. The interpretation of data.
narration	The action or process of narrating a story. The style of narration in the novel.
outline	Draw up an outline or sketch for something. The outlines of dockside warehouses standing sharp on the skyline.
portray	Portray in words. The ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh.
recapitulate	Repeat (an evolutionary or other process) during development and growth. He began to recapitulate his argument with care.
recitative	Musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note. Singing in recitative.
speak	Use language. I wish to speak privately with you.
spoken	Speaking in a specified way. A blunt spoken man.
synoptic	The Synoptic Gospels. Synoptic sayings.
tale	A trivial lie. She enjoyed hearing others tell their tales.
tell	Order or advise someone to do something. He tried to make the children laugh by telling jokes.
teller	United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003. A foul mouthed teller of lies.