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storynoun a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novelhe's a talented writer, but his quirky stories will never find a wide readership narrative, novelette, novella, short story, tale, yarn bedtime storyexemplum, fable, parableanecdote, jokefairy tale, folktale, legend, myth, romanceaccount, annals, chronicle, history, record, report a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personallyGrandpa is always telling stories about what it was like growing up on a farm a report of recent events or facts not previously knowna story in the morning paper about plans for a new library 411(slang), advice(s), gen(chiefly British), info, information, intelligence, item, news, tidings, uncos(chiefly Scottish), word announcement, bulletin, communication, correspondence, dispatch, message, reportagedope, lowdown, scoop, tidbit(also titbit), tipgossip, rumor, tale, tattlefeedbackdisinformation, propaganda a relating of events usually in the order in which they happenedgave us the whole story of the accident account, chronicle, chronology, commentary(usually commentaries), history, narration, narrative, record, report versiondeposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witnessannals, blog, diary, journal, log, logbook, memoirminutes, procès-verbalanecdote, tale, yarnepic, sagagest(or geste), romancerecital, recitationcase history, case study a rumor or report of a personal or sensational naturestories going around that the old man had died with thousands of dollars hidden under his mattress canard, tale, whisper dirt, gossip, scuttlebutt, talebearing, talk, tattledirty laundry, dirty linendefamation, libel, slanderhearsayfable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, mendacity, prevarication, untruth, whopper a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceiveshe tells stories just to get attention, so don't believe that stuff about her father being somebody important fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, mendacity, prevarication, tale, taradiddle(or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper distortion, exaggeration, half-truthambiguity, equivocation, obliquitydefamation, libel, slanderperjurybluff, fiction, pose, pretense(or pretence)humbug, jive, nonsensecanard, fallacy, misconception, mythfalsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatementdeceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence truth fact, truism, verityhonesty, truthfulness, veracityauthentication, confirmation, substantiation, validation, verification the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary workthe story proceeds at a pace that many readers will find a bit too leisurely action, plot, story line subplotarc, developmentdesign, outline, plan, schemeargument, mythos, subject, theme position with regard to conditions and circumstancesmanagement is trying to figure out what the story is with the accident down in the warehouse ball game, deal, footing, picture, posture, scene, situation, status rank, standingplace, spot, statescore, status quo in the 13th century |