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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.

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Narrator as a Noun
Definitions of "Narrator" as a noun
Synonyms of "Narrator" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Narrator" as a noun
Associations of "Narrator" (30 Words)

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.