That is not what the narrative is about.
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Narrative
//ˈnæɹətɪv//
Synonyms for "narrative" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
derived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
170 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διήγησις noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- ἱστορία noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Arabic
3 entries- سَرْدِي adj (telling a story)
- حِكَايَة noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- قِصَّة noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Armenian
1 entries- պատում noun (a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view)
Bashkir
2 entries- хикәйә noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- хикәйә noun (which is narrated)
Belarusian
4 entries- апавяда́нне noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- апавяда́ньне noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- апо́весць noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- апо́весьць noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Bengali
2 entries- রেওয়ায়ৎ noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- রেওয়ায়ৎ noun (which is narrated)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бъбрив adj (overly talkative)
- повествователен adj (telling a story)
- разказвателен adj (of or relating to narration)
- нарати́в noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Catalan
3 entries- narratiu adj (telling a story)
- narració noun (which is narrated)
- narrativa noun (which is narrated)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 記敘文 /记叙文 noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Czech
4 entries- narativní adj (telling a story)
- vyprávěcí adj (telling a story)
- narace noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- příběh noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Danish
2 entries- berettende adj (telling a story)
- fortællende adj (telling a story)
Dutch
4 entries- breedsprakig adj (overly talkative)
- narratief adj (telling a story)
- narratief adj (of or relating to narration)
- spraakzaam adj (overly talkative)
Estonian
1 entries- jutustus noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Finnish
4 entries- kerronnallinen adj (of or relating to narration)
- kerronta adj (of or relating to narration)
- kerrontaan liittyvä adj (of or relating to narration)
- kertova adj (telling a story)
French
3 entries- narratif adj (telling a story)
- narration noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- récit noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Georgian
2 entries- ამბავი noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- ისტორია noun (systematic recitation of an event)
German
4 entries- ausschweifend adj (overly talkative)
- erzählend adj (telling a story)
- erzählerisch adj (telling a story)
- erzählerisch adj (of or relating to narration)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Greek
2 entries- αφήγημα noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- αφήγηση noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Hebrew
1 entries- נרטיב noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Hungarian
2 entries- narratíva noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- narratíva noun (which is narrated)
Icelandic
2 entries- frásaga adj (telling a story)
- frásögn adj (telling a story)
Indonesian
1 entries- naratif adj (telling a story)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- رِوایَت noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Italian
1 entries- descrizione noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Japanese
4 entries- 姿勢 noun (a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view)
- 物語 noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- 物語り方 noun (a way of storytelling)
- 解釈 noun (a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view)
Khmer
2 entries- និទានកថា noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- រឿងតំណាល noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Korean
2 entries- 설화 noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- 이야기 noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- баян noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Latvian
4 entries- stāsts noun (which is narrated)
- stāstījums noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- stāstījums noun (which is narrated)
- stāstīšana noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fortellende adj (telling a story)
Occitan
1 entries- narratiu adj (telling a story)
Old English
1 entries- ġereċednes noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Polish
4 entries- gadatliwy adj (overly talkative)
- narracyjny adj (of or relating to narration)
- narratywny adj (telling a story)
- historia noun (which is narrated)
Portuguese
1 entries- narrativa noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Romanian
1 entries- narațiune noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Russian
4 entries- болтли́вый adj (overly talkative)
- наррати́вный adj (telling a story)
- повествова́тельный adj (telling a story)
- разгово́рчивый adj (overly talkative)
Slovak
3 entries- naratív noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- príbeh noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- rozprávanie noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Spanish
4 entries- narrativo adj (telling a story)
- narrativo adj (of or relating to narration)
- marco noun (a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view)
- narración noun (which is narrated)
Swedish
1 entries- berättelse noun (which is narrated)
Tajik
1 entries- ривоят noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Thai
3 entries- การเล่าเรื่อง adj (telling a story)
- ช่างพูดมาก adj (overly talkative)
- เกี่ยวกับเรื่องเล่า adj (of or relating to narration)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Ukrainian
4 entries- нарати́в noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- о́повідь noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- оповіда́ння noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- ро́зповідь noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Urdu
1 entries- رِوایَت noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Uzbek
1 entries- hikoya noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kể chuyện noun (systematic recitation of an event)
- tường thuật noun (systematic recitation of an event)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The mystery contains more dialogue than narrative.
Source: tatoeba (45986)
It was his narrative that bored me to death.
Source: tatoeba (258021)
It was the teacher's narrative that bored me to death.
Source: tatoeba (262420)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.