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

Need another word that means the same as “narrator”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “narrator” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Narrator” are: storyteller, teller, teller of tales, relater, chronicler, romancer, reporter, annalist, commentator

Narrator as a Noun

Definitions of "Narrator" as a noun

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

• A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
• Someone who tells a story.
• A person who delivers a commentary accompanying a film, broadcast, piece of music, etc.

Synonyms of "Narrator" as a noun (9 Words)

annalist	A person who writes annals.
chronicler	A record or narrative description of past events. A chronicler of 18th century American life.
commentator	A person who comments on events or on a text. Commentators noted that the demonstration was part of a wider strategy.
relater	A person who tells a story; a narrator.
reporter	A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.
romancer	A writer of medieval romances.
storyteller	Someone who tells lies.
teller	(in the UK) each of the four officers of the Exchequer responsible for the receipt and payment of moneys. A foul mouthed teller of lies.
teller of tales	An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.

Usage Examples of "Narrator" as a noun

• A first-person narrator.
• His poetic efforts are mocked by the narrator of the story.
• A religious broadcast with Johnny Morris as narrator.

Associations of "Narrator" (30 Words)

advise	Inform (someone) about a fact or situation in a formal or official way. The lawyer advised the court that his client wished to give evidence.
author	Be the author of a book or piece of writing. The authors of the peace plan.
authorship	The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing. It was a matter of disputed authorship.
bestseller	A book that has had a large and rapid sale. The bestseller list.
book	A bookmaker s record of bets accepted and money paid out. McMahon was booked for a foul.
chapter	An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church. The people are about to begin a new chapter in their history.
didactic	In the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to appear patronizing. His tone ranged from didactic to backslapping.
expository	Intended to explain or describe something. Clean expository writing.
fiction	Something that is invented or untrue. The notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction.
hortative	Giving strong encouragement.
hortatory	Tending or aiming to exhort. A series of hortatory epistles.
informative	Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance. A thought provoking informative article.
instructive	Useful and informative. It is instructive to compare the two projects.
literate	A literate person. Their parents were uneducated and barely literate.
moralize	Improve the morals of. He endeavoured to moralize an immoral society.
narration	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 style of narration in the novel.
nonfiction	Prose writing that is not fictional.
novel	The literary genre represented or exemplified by novels. The novel is the most adaptable of all literary forms.
omniscient	Knowing everything. A third person omniscient narrator.
potboiler	A literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot.
prologue	The actor who delivers the prologue in a play. The events from 1945 to 1956 provided the prologue to the post imperial era.
protagonist	The principal character in a work of fiction. He s a strenuous protagonist of the new agricultural policy.
reading	The action or skill of reading. I found the article fascinating reading.
soliloquy	A part of a play involving a soliloquy. Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it with a soliloquy.
speaker	Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance. Our guest speaker will give an audiovisual presentation.
spell	Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of. We had to spell out our names for the police officer.
storybook	Denoting something that is as idyllic or perfect as things typically are in children’s stories. It was a storybook finish to an illustrious career.
teller	A person who tells something. A foul mouthed teller of lies.
tone	A steady sound without overtones. The piano tone appears lacking in warmth.
write	Write music. He couldn t read or write.