scenario

Meaning

1. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
2. (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
3. (dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

Synonyms

script

screenplay

plot

outline

libretto

storyline

book

📖

playbook

instance

locale

locus

manual

manuscript

movie

ms

opera

photoplay

plan

scene

scene of action

setting

situation

story

subject

summary

venue

playscript

story line

general outline

general remark

case

circumstance

continuity

dialogue

essentials

forum

holograph

Translations

scénario

Szenario

scenario

σενάριο

draaiboek

Drehbuch

copione

senaryo

sceneggiatura

scenario

escenario

cenário

guión

escenari

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.
Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.
Latin scēnabor.
Italian scena
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -ārius
Latin -āriumbor.
Italian -ario
Italian scenariobor.
English scenario
Borrowed from Italian scenario, from scena + -ario.