narrative

The word “narrative” has 3 syllables: nar-ra-tive

It's pronounced as /ˈnær.ə.tɪv/


What is synonym and antonym for narrative?

In the thesaurus, “narrative” has 68 synonyms and 1 antonym.

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


Synonyms for 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

Antonyms for narrative

Meanings of narrative

  • noun
    1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
    2. That which is narrated.
    3. A representation of an event or story.
    4. (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
  • adjective
    1. Telling a story.
    2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
    3. Of or relating to narration.

Example Sentences

  • The narrative of the novel unfolds through the eyes of multiple characters.
  • His paintings often depict scenes that evoke a powerful emotional narrative.
  • The documentary challenges the traditional narrative surrounding the historical event.
  • The politician's speech offered a compelling narrative of hope and unity.
  • In literature, the narrative structure can greatly impact the reader's engagement with the story.

On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to narrative, such as: account, anecdotal, anecdote, annals, bedtime story, blog, book.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
  • article
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • authority
  • averment
  • avowal
  • axiom
  • background
  • bare bones
  • basal
  • base
  • basic
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  • beacon
  • bed
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  • beginning
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  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
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  • brass tacks
  • brief
  • bulletin
  • burden
  • canon
  • cap
  • capital
  • case
  • catalog
  • center
  • chapter and verse
  • character
  • characterization
  • characters
  • charge
  • chronicle
  • circumstance
  • circumstantiality
  • clear
  • clue
  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
  • communication
  • compendium
  • component
  • condition
  • confession
  • constituent
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corpus
  • count
  • crux
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  • definition
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  • depiction
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  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
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  • ejaculation
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • enchiridion
  • essence
  • essential
  • essentiality
  • essentials
  • explanation
  • explication
  • facile
  • fact
  • factor
  • facts of life
  • faith
  • feature
  • fine point
  • fingerprint
  • fire and ice
  • first principles
  • first steps
  • focus
  • foot
  • footing
  • foundation
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  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
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  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
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  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
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  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
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  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
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  • know
  • landmark
  • law
  • linguistics
  • lodestar
  • lowdown
  • majuscule
  • make
  • manifesto
  • manual
  • mark
  • marker
  • marrow
  • mass
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mention
  • minor point
  • minuscule
  • minutia
  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
  • principium
  • principle
  • principles
  • print
  • proclamation
  • profession
  • prop
  • protestation
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • remark
  • report
  • representation
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • run down
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  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
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  • signpost
  • signs
  • simplest
  • simplex
  • simplified
  • sine qua non
  • singularity
  • sketch
  • small letter
  • soul
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • specific
  • specification
  • standard
  • staple
  • statement
  • stay
  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • substance
  • substratal
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sum total
  • summarization
  • summary
  • support
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tab
  • tagmemics
  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • underpinning
  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

fable

fabrication

identifying

  • IDing
  • acceptance
  • acknowledging
  • admission
  • allowance
  • anecdotic
  • apperception
  • appreciation
  • apprehending
  • archetypal
  • archetypical
  • assimilation
  • associating
  • avowal
  • awareness
  • betraying
  • characteristic
  • characterizing
  • checking
  • circumstantial
  • classic
  • classificatory
  • clear
  • cognizance
  • common
  • comparing
  • concession
  • confession
  • connecting
  • consciousness
  • correlating
  • definitive
  • delineative
  • depictive
  • describing
  • designating
  • detailed
  • detection
  • determining
  • diagnosing
  • diagnostic
  • diagnostical
  • disclosing
  • discovering
  • discovery
  • discriminating
  • distinct
  • distinctive
  • distinguishing
  • double take
  • eloquent
  • equating
  • especial
  • examining
  • explicative
  • expository
  • expressive
  • extended
  • finding
  • fingering
  • general
  • generic
  • graphic
  • grouping
  • high sign
  • identifiable
  • idiosyncratic
  • illuminating
  • illuminative
  • illustrative
  • indicative
  • individual
  • inspecting
  • interpretive
  • investigating
  • joining
  • lifelike
  • likening
  • linking
  • locating
  • memory
  • model
  • narrative
  • normal
  • notice
  • noticing
  • observing
  • paradigmatic
  • particular
  • particularized
  • peculiar
  • perceiving
  • perception
  • picking out
  • pictorial
  • picturesque
  • pinpointing
  • placing
  • pronounced
  • proper
  • realization
  • recall
  • recalling
  • recognizance
  • recognizing
  • recollection
  • recurrence
  • regular
  • relating
  • remembering
  • remembrance
  • respect
  • revealing
  • salute
  • scrutinizing
  • sensibility
  • special
  • specific
  • spotting
  • symptomatic
  • true to life
  • tumble
  • typical
  • understanding
  • unmistakable
  • usual
  • verifying
  • vivid

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

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