narrative

Meaning

Adj

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
3. Of or relating to narration.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is narrated.
3. (countable, uncountable) A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
4. (countable, uncountable) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.

Synonyms

story

tale

narration

account

description

yarn

🧶

history

chronicle

anecdote

report

relation

legend

biography

fable

news

📰

novel

recital

recounting

saga

statement

information

myth

case

write up

affair

order

pleasure

quotation

all about

recitation

recitative

record

short novel

rede

business

relationship

autobiography

long story

saying

short story

speech

acquaintance

authority

subject

article

talkative

thing

things

tidings

understanding

Translations

récit

narratif

narrativa

verhaal

narrativa

Erzählung

vertelling

narration

vertelsel

narrativo

relaas

Geschichte

narración

αφήγηση

αφήγημα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnæɹətɪv/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”).