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
  • basics
  • basis
  • beacon
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • beginning
  • beginnings
  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • 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
  • cue
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • description
  • design
  • detail
  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
  • effect
  • 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
  • foundational
  • fraction
  • fundamental
  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
  • handbook
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
  • introductory
  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • 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
  • rundown
  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
  • significance
  • 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

account

  • ABCs
  • IOU
  • acclamation
  • accounting
  • adaptation
  • admiration
  • adoration
  • adulation
  • advantage
  • advisement
  • affection
  • agonizing
  • aid
  • alibi
  • amazement
  • anecdote
  • annal
  • annals
  • antecedent
  • apologia
  • apology
  • appeal
  • appetite
  • applicability
  • appreciation
  • approbation
  • appropriateness
  • argument
  • assessment
  • assets
  • assistance
  • attachment
  • authority
  • avail
  • awe
  • bad news
  • balance
  • bankroll
  • bargainer
  • believe
  • benefit
  • bias
  • bill
  • blog
  • blow-by-blow
  • book
  • books
  • browser
  • budget
  • bulletin
  • buyer
  • cache
  • cachet
  • call
  • case
  • case history
  • case study
  • cause
  • celebrity
  • centrality
  • charge
  • check
  • chest
  • chronicle
  • chronology
  • client
  • cogitation
  • collection
  • commentaries
  • commentary
  • computation
  • conceive
  • consequence
  • consider
  • consideration
  • consumer
  • contemplation
  • control
  • correspondent
  • cost
  • count
  • cuff
  • cushion
  • customer
  • debate
  • deem
  • defense
  • deference
  • deliberation
  • delight
  • deposit
  • deposition
  • desirability
  • detail
  • devotion
  • diary
  • distinction
  • document
  • documentation
  • dominion
  • eminence
  • end user
  • enjoyment
  • enthusiasm
  • epic
  • essentiality
  • essentialness
  • esteem
  • estimation
  • evaluation
  • excellence
  • excuse
  • expense
  • explanation
  • fame
  • fancy
  • favor
  • fee
  • feel
  • fitness
  • fondness
  • fund
  • gain
  • gest
  • geste
  • glory
  • gravity
  • greatness
  • ground
  • grounds
  • grunt
  • guest
  • guise
  • haggler
  • help
  • hero worship
  • hesitation
  • history
  • hoard
  • hold
  • homage
  • honor
  • idolatry
  • illustriousness
  • imagine
  • impetus
  • import
  • importance
  • incentive
  • indecision
  • infatuation
  • inspiration
  • instigation
  • interest
  • interpretation
  • introspection
  • inventory
  • invoice
  • journal
  • justification
  • kitty
  • ledger
  • like
  • lionization
  • log
  • logbook
  • love
  • lowdown
  • magnitude
  • make
  • mark
  • mastery
  • meditation
  • memoir
  • merit
  • mileage
  • minutes
  • moment
  • momentousness
  • motive
  • name
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nest egg
  • note
  • noteworthiness
  • notoriety
  • occasion
  • partiality
  • passion
  • patron
  • perfection
  • performance
  • petty cash
  • pin money
  • play by play
  • plea
  • pocket money
  • pocketbook
  • pondering
  • pool
  • position
  • potency
  • power
  • praise
  • preeminence
  • preference
  • prejudice
  • premeditation
  • prestige
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretext
  • price
  • profit
  • prominence
  • props
  • prospect
  • punter
  • purchaser
  • rank
  • rate
  • rationale
  • rationalization
  • reading
  • reason
  • receipt
  • recital
  • recitation
  • reckon
  • reckoning
  • record
  • reflection
  • regard
  • register
  • regular
  • relevance
  • relish
  • rendition
  • renown
  • report
  • reputation
  • repute
  • reserve
  • respect
  • reverence
  • reworking
  • romance
  • rumination
  • run down
  • saga
  • sake
  • savings
  • savings account
  • score
  • sense
  • seriousness
  • service
  • serviceability
  • serviceableness
  • set down
  • shine
  • shopper
  • significance
  • spending money
  • standing
  • statement
  • stature
  • status
  • stimulus
  • store
  • story
  • study
  • subject
  • substance
  • substantiveness
  • sway
  • tab
  • take
  • take for
  • tale
  • tally
  • taste
  • testament
  • testimonial
  • testimony
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • think
  • thought
  • toll
  • treasure
  • use
  • usefulness
  • user
  • utility
  • valuation
  • value
  • variation
  • vendee
  • veneration
  • version
  • view
  • vindication
  • weight
  • weightiness
  • wherefore
  • why
  • window-shopper
  • witness
  • wonder
  • wonderment
  • worship
  • worth
  • worthiness
  • yarn

accounts

  • acclamations
  • account
  • accountings
  • adaptations
  • admirations
  • adorations
  • adulations
  • advisements
  • affections
  • alibis
  • amazements
  • amount due
  • anecdota
  • anecdotes
  • annals
  • antecedents
  • apologiae
  • apologias
  • apologies
  • appeals
  • appetites
  • appreciations
  • approbations
  • arguments
  • arrears
  • assets
  • attachments
  • authorities
  • awes
  • banking
  • bankrolls
  • bargainers
  • believes
  • biases
  • bills
  • blogs
  • browsers
  • budgets
  • business
  • buyers
  • caches
  • calls
  • case histories
  • case studies
  • cases
  • causes
  • charge
  • charges
  • checks
  • chests
  • chronicles
  • chronologies
  • clients
  • coffers
  • cogitations
  • collectible
  • collections
  • commentaries
  • commerce
  • conceives
  • considerations
  • considers
  • consumers
  • contemplations
  • correspondents
  • costs
  • counts
  • cushions
  • customers
  • debates
  • debt
  • deems
  • defenses
  • deferences
  • deficit
  • deliberations
  • delights
  • depositions
  • deposits
  • devotions
  • diaries
  • documentations
  • documents
  • economics
  • end users
  • enjoyments
  • enthusiasms
  • epics
  • esteems
  • estimations
  • excuses
  • expenses
  • explanations
  • fancies
  • favors
  • feels
  • fees
  • financial affairs
  • funds
  • gestes
  • gests
  • grounds
  • guests
  • guises
  • hagglers
  • hero worships
  • hesitations
  • histories
  • hoards
  • holds
  • homages
  • honors
  • idolatries
  • imagines
  • impetuses
  • incentives
  • indebtedness
  • indecisions
  • infatuations
  • inspirations
  • instigations
  • interests
  • interpretations
  • introspections
  • investment
  • invoices
  • journals
  • justifications
  • kitties
  • ledgers
  • liability
  • likes
  • lionizations
  • logbooks
  • logs
  • loves
  • meditations
  • memoirs
  • minutes
  • money
  • money management
  • motives
  • narrations
  • narratives
  • nest eggs
  • obligation
  • occasions
  • partialities
  • passions
  • patrons
  • performances
  • petty cashes
  • pin money
  • pleas
  • pocket moneys
  • pocketbooks
  • pools
  • praises
  • preferences
  • prejudices
  • premeditations
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • pretexts
  • prices
  • props
  • prospects
  • punters
  • purchasers
  • rates
  • rationales
  • rationalizations
  • readings
  • reasons
  • receipts
  • recitals
  • recitations
  • reckonings
  • reckons
  • records
  • reflections
  • regards
  • regulars
  • relishes
  • renditions
  • reports
  • reserves
  • respects
  • reverences
  • romances
  • ruminations
  • sagas
  • savings
  • savings accounts
  • scores
  • senses
  • sets down
  • shines
  • shoppers
  • spending moneys
  • statements
  • stimuli
  • stories
  • studies
  • subjects
  • tabs
  • takes for
  • tales
  • tallies
  • tastes
  • testaments
  • testimonials
  • testimonies
  • thinks
  • thoughts
  • tolls
  • treasures
  • users
  • uses
  • variations
  • vendees
  • venerations
  • versions
  • views
  • vindications
  • wherefores
  • whys
  • window-shoppers
  • witnesses
  • wonderments
  • wonders
  • worships
  • yarns

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