Sir David Attenborough is the most well-known narrator in the world.
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Narrator
//nəˈɹeɪtə//
Synonyms for "narrator" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
184 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- tregimtar noun (in story)
Amharic
1 entries- ተራኪ noun (in story)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀφηγητής noun (in story)
Arabic
4 entries- حَاكٍ noun (in story)
- حَكَّاء noun (in story)
- رَاوٍ noun (in story)
- رَاوٍ noun (in film and television)
Armenian
1 entries- պատմող noun (in story)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- hekayətçi noun (in story)
- rəvayətçi noun (in story)
Belarusian
4 entries- апавяда́льнік noun (in story)
- апавяда́льніца noun (in story)
- апавяда́ч noun (in story)
- апавяда́чка noun (in story)
Bulgarian
4 entries- говори́тел noun (in film and television)
- говори́телка noun (in film and television)
- разказва́ч noun (in story)
- разказва́чка noun (in story)
Catalan
2 entries- narrador noun (in story)
- narrador noun (in film and television)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 主持人 noun (in film and television)
- 主播 noun (in film and television)
- 播音員 /播音员 noun (in film and television)
- 敘述者 /叙述者 noun (in story)
Czech
2 entries- vypravěč noun (in story)
- vypravěčka noun (in story)
Danish
2 entries- fortæller noun (in story)
- fortæller noun (in film and television)
Dutch
4 entries- verteller noun (in story)
- verteller noun (in film and television)
- vertelster noun (in story)
- vertelster noun (in film and television)
Esperanto
2 entries- rakontanto noun (in story)
- rakontanto noun (in film and television)
Estonian
2 entries- jutustaja noun (in story)
- jutuvestja noun (in story)
Faroese
2 entries- frásøgufólk noun (in story)
- frásøgufólk noun (in film and television)
Finnish
2 entries- kertoja noun (in story)
- kertoja noun (in film and television)
French
4 entries- narrateur noun (in story)
- narrateur noun (in film and television)
- narratrice noun (in story)
- narratrice noun (in film and television)
Galician
2 entries- narrador noun (in story)
- narrador noun (in film and television)
Georgian
1 entries- მთხრობელი noun (in story)
German
2 entries- Erzähler noun (in story)
- Erzählerin noun (in story)
Greek
4 entries- αφηγήτρια noun (in story)
- αφηγήτρια noun (in film and television)
- αφηγητής noun (in story)
- αφηγητής noun (in film and television)
Hebrew
1 entries- קַרְיָן noun (in film and television)
Hindi
3 entries- अनाउन्सार noun (in film and television)
- कथावाचक noun (in story)
- रावी noun (in story)
Hungarian
4 entries- elbeszélő noun (in story)
- mesemondó noun (in story)
- mesélő noun (in story)
- narrátor noun (in film and television)
Icelandic
2 entries- sögumaður noun (in story)
- sögumaður noun (in film and television)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- داسْتانسَرا noun (in story)
- راوی noun (in story)
- گویَنْدِه noun (in film and television)
Italian
4 entries- narratore noun (in story)
- narratore noun (in film and television)
- narratrice noun (in story)
- narratrice noun (in film and television)
Japanese
4 entries- ナレーター noun (in story)
- ナレーター noun (in film and television)
- 解説者 noun (in story)
- 語り手 noun (in story)
Kazakh
2 entries- айтушы noun (in story)
- әңгімеші noun (in story)
Korean
4 entries- 내레이터 noun (in story)
- 내레이터 noun (in film and television)
- 이야기꾼 noun (in story)
- 이야기하는 사람 noun (in story)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- аңгемечи noun (in story)
- баяндоочу noun (in story)
- жомокчу noun (in story)
Latvian
4 entries- stāstniece noun (in story)
- stāstnieks noun (in story)
- stāstītāja noun (in story)
- stāstītājs noun (in story)
Macedonian
4 entries- нара́тор noun (in story)
- нара́торка noun (in story)
- раскажувач noun (in story)
- раскажувачка noun (in story)
Malay
4 entries- narator noun (in story)
- narator noun (in film and television)
- pencerita noun (in story)
- pencerita noun (in film and television)
Māori
3 entries- kaitaki kōrero noun (in story)
- wahataki noun (in story)
- wahataki noun (in film and television)
Navajo
1 entries- halneʼé noun (in story)
Northern Sami
2 entries- muitaleaddji noun (in story)
- muitaleaddji noun (in film and television)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- forteller noun (in story)
- forteller noun (in film and television)
- stemme noun (in film and television)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- forteljar noun (in story)
- forteljar noun (in film and television)
Polish
4 entries- baj noun (in story)
- lektor noun (in film and television)
- lektorka noun (in film and television)
- narrator noun (in story)
Portuguese
2 entries- narrador noun (in story)
- narrador noun (in film and television)
Romanian
3 entries- naratoare noun (in story)
- narator noun (in story)
- narator noun (in film and television)
Russian
4 entries- ди́ктор noun (in film and television)
- ди́кторша noun (in film and television)
- нарра́тор noun (in story)
- повествова́тель noun (in story)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pripovedàčica noun (in story)
- pripovjedàčica noun (in story)
- pripovjèdāč noun (in story)
- pripovèdāč noun (in story)
Slovak
2 entries- rozprávač noun (in story)
- rozprávačka noun (in story)
Slovene
2 entries- pripovedovalec noun (in story)
- pripovedovalka noun (in story)
Spanish
2 entries- narrador noun (in story)
- narrador noun (in film and television)
Swedish
1 entries- berättare noun (in story)
Tajik
3 entries- гӯянда noun (in film and television)
- диктор noun (in film and television)
- ровӣ noun (in story)
Thai
3 entries- ผู้บรรยาย noun (in story)
- ผู้ประกาศ noun (in film and television)
- ผู้เล่าเรื่อง noun (in story)
Turkish
2 entries- anlatıcı noun (in story)
- anlatıcı noun (in film and television)
Turkmen
1 entries- kyssaçy noun (in story)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ди́ктор noun (in film and television)
- ди́кторка noun (in film and television)
- опові́дач noun (in story)
- опові́дачка noun (in story)
Urdu
3 entries- داسْتان گو noun (in story)
- راوی noun (in story)
- قِصَّہ گو noun (in story)
Uzbek
1 entries- hikoyachi noun (in story)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người dẫn chuyện noun (in story)
Yiddish
1 entries- דערציילער noun (in story)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The narrator had a wonderful voice. It was melodic and pulled the audience into the words they spoke as if they were experiencing what they spoke of for themselves.
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"Tom, pick up all your dirty clothes. This is the narrator," said Mary. "Is there a narrator in here somewhere?" said Tom, looking around.
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This narrator is very good.
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