People sometimes narrate their actions to themselves as a running commentary.
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Narrate
//nəˈɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "narrate" (41 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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More general
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
9 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
165 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrëfej verb (to relate a story)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διηγέομαι verb (to relate a story)
Arabic
4 entries- حَكَى verb (to relate a story)
- رَوَى verb (to relate a story)
- سَرَدَ verb (to relate a story)
- قَصَّ verb (to relate a story)
Armenian
1 entries- պատմել verb (to relate a story)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nəql etmək verb (to relate a story)
Bashkir
1 entries- һөйләү verb (to relate a story)
Basque
1 entries- kontatu verb (to relate a story)
Belarusian
4 entries- раска́зваць verb (to relate a story)
- расказа́ць verb (to relate a story)
- распавесці́ verb (to relate a story)
- распавяда́ць verb (to relate a story)
Bengali
1 entries- বর্ণনা করা verb (to relate a story)
Bulgarian
3 entries- описвам verb (to give an account)
- разка́жа verb (to relate a story)
- разка́звам verb (to relate a story)
Burmese
2 entries- ပြန်ပြော verb (to relate a story)
- ပြော verb (to relate a story)
Catalan
2 entries- explicar verb (to relate a story)
- narrar verb (to relate a story)
Cebuano
1 entries- saysay verb (to relate a story)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 敘說 /叙说 verb (to relate a story)
- 訴說 /诉说 verb (to relate a story)
- 講 /讲 verb (to relate a story)
- 講述 /讲述 verb (to relate a story)
Czech
2 entries- vypravovat verb (to relate a story)
- vyprávět verb (to relate a story)
Danish
2 entries- berette verb (to relate a story)
- fortælle verb (to relate a story)
Dutch
4 entries- rapporteren verb (to give an account)
- verhalen verb (to relate a story)
- verhalen verb (to give an account)
- verslaan verb (to give an account)
Esperanto
1 entries- rakonti verb (to relate a story)
Estonian
1 entries- jutustama verb (to relate a story)
Finnish
2 entries- kertoa verb (to relate a story)
- kertoa verb (to give an account)
French
4 entries- conter verb (to relate a story)
- narrer verb (to relate a story)
- raconter verb (to relate a story)
- rapporter verb (to give an account)
Georgian
1 entries- თხრობა verb (to relate a story)
German
3 entries- berichten verb (to give an account)
- erzählen verb (to relate a story)
- verzele verb (to relate a story)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 verb (to relate a story)
Greek
1 entries- διηγούμαι verb (to relate a story)
Hebrew
1 entries- יפר \ סִפֵּר verb (to relate a story)
Hindi
3 entries- बयान करना verb (to relate a story)
- वर्णन करना verb (to relate a story)
- सुनाना verb (to relate a story)
Hungarian
3 entries- beszámol verb (to give an account)
- elbeszél verb (to relate a story)
- elmond verb (to relate a story)
Indonesian
1 entries- menceritakan verb (to relate a story)
Ingrian
1 entries- läätä verb (to relate a story)
Interlingua
2 entries- contar verb (to relate a story)
- narrar verb (to relate a story)
Irish
1 entries- inis verb (to relate a story)
Italian
2 entries- narrare verb (to relate a story)
- raccontare verb (to relate a story)
Japanese
3 entries- 教える verb (to relate a story)
- 物語る verb (to relate a story)
- 話をする verb (to relate a story)
Kaitag
1 entries- бурса́ра verb (to relate a story)
Kazakh
4 entries- айту verb (to relate a story)
- баяндау verb (to relate a story)
- хикаялау verb (to relate a story)
- әңгімелеу verb (to relate a story)
Khmer
2 entries- តំណាល verb (to relate a story)
- រៀបរាប់ verb (to relate a story)
Korean
4 entries- 들려주다 verb (to relate a story)
- 말하다 verb (to relate a story)
- 이야기를 하다 verb (to relate a story)
- 이야기하다 verb (to relate a story)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- баяндоо verb (to relate a story)
Lao
4 entries- ບັນຍາຍ verb (to relate a story)
- ເລົ່າ verb (to relate a story)
- ເລົ່າເຣື່ອງ verb (to relate a story)
- ເລົ່າເລື່ອງ verb (to relate a story)
Latin
2 entries- narrō verb (to relate a story)
- narrō verb (to give an account)
Latvian
1 entries- stāstīt verb (to relate a story)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pasakoti verb (to relate a story)
Macedonian
2 entries- раскаже verb (to relate a story)
- раскажува verb (to relate a story)
Malay
3 entries- menceritakan verb (to relate a story)
- mengisahkan verb (to relate a story)
- meroyat verb (to relate a story)
Maore Comorian
2 entries- utoa verb (to relate a story)
- utolea verb (to relate a story)
Mongolian
3 entries- хэлэх verb (to relate a story)
- хүүрнэх verb (to relate a story)
- өгүүлэх verb (to relate a story)
Māori
1 entries- whakataki verb (to relate a story)
Neapolitan
1 entries- cuntà verb (to relate a story)
Norman
1 entries- raconter verb (to relate a story)
Northern Sami
2 entries- muitalit verb (to relate a story)
- máinnastit verb (to relate a story)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fortelle verb (to relate a story)
Occitan
1 entries- narrar verb (to relate a story)
Odia
1 entries- କହିବା verb (to relate a story)
Persian
2 entries- تعریف کردن verb (to relate a story)
- نقل کردن verb (to relate a story)
Polish
4 entries- opowiadać verb (to relate a story)
- opowiadać verb (to give an account)
- opowiedzieć verb (to relate a story)
- opowiedzieć verb (to give an account)
Portuguese
2 entries- contar verb (to relate a story)
- narrar verb (to relate a story)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- hā'aki verb (to relate a story)
Romanian
3 entries- nara verb (to relate a story)
- povesti verb (to relate a story)
- relata verb (to relate a story)
Russian
4 entries- пове́дать verb (to relate a story)
- пове́дывать verb (to relate a story)
- повествова́ть verb (to relate a story)
- расска́зывать verb (to relate a story)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ispríčati verb (to relate a story)
- príčati verb (to relate a story)
- испри́чати verb (to relate a story)
- при́чати verb (to relate a story)
Slovak
2 entries- porozprávať verb (to relate a story)
- rozprávať verb (to relate a story)
Slovene
1 entries- povedati verb (to relate a story)
Spanish
4 entries- contar verb (to relate a story)
- contar verb (to give an account)
- historiar verb (to relate a story)
- historiar verb (to give an account)
Swahili
1 entries- kueleza verb (to relate a story)
Swedish
2 entries- berätta verb (to relate a story)
- förtälja verb (to relate a story)
Tajik
2 entries- нақл кардан verb (to relate a story)
- ҳикоя кардан verb (to relate a story)
Thai
4 entries- บรรยาย verb (to relate a story)
- พากย์ verb (to relate a story)
- เล่า verb (to relate a story)
- เล่า verb (to give an account)
Turkish
1 entries- anlatmak verb (to relate a story)
Ukrainian
4 entries- розка́зувати verb (to relate a story)
- розказа́ти verb (to relate a story)
- розповіда́ти verb (to relate a story)
- розповісти́ verb (to relate a story)
Urdu
2 entries- بیان کرنا verb (to relate a story)
- نقل کرنا verb (to relate a story)
Uyghur
1 entries- بايان قىلماق verb (to relate a story)
Uzbek
1 entries- hikoya qilmoq verb (to relate a story)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kể lại verb (to relate a story)
- thuật lại verb (to relate a story)
Welsh
1 entries- adrodd verb (to relate a story)
Yiddish
1 entries- דערציילן verb (to relate a story)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We need someone famous to narrate the script for our new documentary.
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He had been a pioneer in California, and could narrate many a strange tale of fortunes made and fortunes lost in those wild, halcyon days.
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The Girl Scouts recruited Queen Latifah to narrate a video featuring famous former Girl Scouts—Venus Williams, Katie Couric and many more.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.