narration

The word “narration” has 3 syllables: nar-ra-tion

It's pronounced as /nəˈreɪ.ʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for narration?

In the thesaurus, “narration” has 45 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for narration along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for narration

  • account
  • anecdote
  • annals
  • blog
  • case history
  • case study
  • chronicle
  • chronology
  • commentaries
  • commentary
  • deposition
  • diary
  • documentation
  • epic
  • explanation
  • gest
  • geste
  • history
  • journal
  • log
  • logbook
  • memoir
  • minutes
  • narrative
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • recounting
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • report
  • romance
  • saga
  • story
  • storytelling
  • tale
  • telling
  • testament
  • testimonial
  • testimony
  • version
  • voice-over
  • witness
  • yarn

Antonyms for narration

  • concealment
  • suppression

Meanings of narration

  • noun
    1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
    2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
    3. That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Example Sentences

  • Narration is a crucial element in storytelling, shaping the reader's understanding of the plot.
  • The actor's voice lent gravitas to the narration of the historical documentary.
  • Her vivid narration of the expedition made listeners feel as though they were part of the adventure.
  • In literature, narration style can vary from first-person accounts to omniscient perspectives.
  • The audio guide provided insightful narration as visitors explored the museum's exhibits.

On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to narration, such as: account, anecdote, annals, blog, case history, case study, chronicle.

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ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
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  • character
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  • circumstance
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  • clear
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  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
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  • compendium
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  • facile
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  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
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  • observation
  • origin
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  • philosophy
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  • pictograph
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  • principle
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  • recital
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  • rehearsal
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  • simplest
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  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
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  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
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  • trait
  • trivia
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  • uncial
  • uncomplex
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  • underlying
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  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

saga

  • account
  • adventure
  • anecdote
  • annals
  • archives
  • autobiography
  • bedtime story
  • biography
  • blog
  • case history
  • case study
  • chronicle
  • chronology
  • commentaries
  • commentary
  • deposition
  • diary
  • documentation
  • epic
  • exemplum
  • fable
  • fairy tale
  • genealogy
  • gest
  • geste
  • history
  • journal
  • legend
  • life
  • log
  • logbook
  • memoir
  • minutes
  • myth
  • narration
  • narrative
  • novelette
  • novella
  • parable
  • record
  • register
  • report
  • romance
  • short story
  • soap opera
  • story
  • tale
  • testament
  • testimonial
  • testimony
  • witness
  • yarn

narrating

  • address
  • announcing
  • appeal
  • baring
  • broadcasting
  • charting
  • chronicling
  • coverage
  • declaiming
  • delineating
  • delivering
  • delivery
  • depicting
  • describing
  • detailing
  • disclosing
  • discourse
  • discoursing
  • discussion
  • divulging
  • enumerating
  • exercise
  • exposing
  • expressing
  • giving
  • holding forth
  • informing
  • itemizing
  • journalism
  • lecture
  • making public
  • monologue
  • narration
  • newscasting
  • oration
  • particularizing
  • passage
  • performance
  • piece
  • playing
  • proclamation
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  • recital
  • reciting
  • recording
  • recounting
  • reeling off
  • rehearsal
  • rehearsing
  • relating
  • rendering
  • report
  • reporting
  • revealing
  • selection
  • setting forth
  • sketching
  • soliloquizing
  • speaking
  • stating
  • summarizing
  • talk
  • telling
  • uttering
  • voicing

narrative

  • account
  • anecdotal
  • anecdote
  • annals
  • bedtime story
  • blog
  • book
  • case history
  • case study
  • chronicle
  • chronology
  • commentaries
  • commentary
  • deposition
  • description
  • detail
  • diary
  • documentation
  • epic
  • exemplum
  • fable
  • fairy tale
  • fiction
  • fictional
  • fictive
  • folktale
  • gest
  • geste
  • historical
  • history
  • joke
  • journal
  • legend
  • line
  • log
  • logbook
  • long and short of it
  • memoir
  • minutes
  • myth
  • narrated
  • narration
  • novelette
  • novella
  • parable
  • plot
  • potboiler
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recount
  • recounted
  • report
  • reported
  • retold
  • romance
  • saga
  • sequential
  • short story
  • statement
  • story
  • tale
  • testament
  • testimonial
  • testimony
  • version
  • witness
  • yarn

narratives

  • account
  • accounts
  • anecdota
  • anecdote
  • anecdotes
  • annals
  • bedtime stories
  • blogs
  • book
  • case histories
  • case studies
  • chronicle
  • chronicles
  • chronologies
  • chronology
  • commentaries
  • depositions
  • description
  • detail
  • diaries
  • documentations
  • epics
  • exempla
  • fables
  • fairy tales
  • fiction
  • folktales
  • gestes
  • gests
  • histories
  • history
  • jokes
  • journals
  • legends
  • line
  • logbooks
  • logs
  • long and short of it
  • memoirs
  • minutes
  • myths
  • narration
  • narrations
  • novelettes
  • novellas
  • novelle
  • parables
  • plot
  • potboiler
  • recitals
  • recitations
  • records
  • recount
  • report
  • reports
  • romances
  • sagas
  • short stories
  • statement
  • stories
  • tales
  • testaments
  • testimonials
  • testimonies
  • version
  • versions
  • witnesses
  • yarn
  • yarns

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