Tom is a great raconteur and is such fun to be around.
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Raconteur
//ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ//
Synonyms for "raconteur" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
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2 entriesderived
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 健谈者 noun (storyteller)
- 善讲故事的人 noun (storyteller)
Czech
1 entries- vypravěč noun (storyteller)
Danish
1 entries- historiefortæller noun (storyteller)
Finnish
2 entries- tarinankertoja noun (storyteller)
- tarinoida verb (To make witty remarks or stories)
French
1 entries- raconteur noun (storyteller)
German
1 entries- Geschichtenerzähler m Anekdotenerzähler noun (storyteller)
Greek
1 entries- ανεκδοτολόγος noun (storyteller)
Hungarian
2 entries- anekdotázó noun (storyteller)
- mesélő noun (storyteller)
Macedonian
2 entries- раска́жувач noun (storyteller)
- раскажу́вачка noun (storyteller)
Polish
2 entries- gawędziarka noun (storyteller)
- gawędziarz noun (storyteller)
Portuguese
1 entries- contador (de casos/histórias/contos) noun (storyteller)
Russian
3 entries- расска́зчик noun (storyteller)
- расска́зчица noun (storyteller)
- расска́зывать исто́рии verb (To make witty remarks or stories)
Spanish
1 entries- narrador noun (storyteller)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He was tempted to try the last door—to look into the room of evil fame; but he reflected that this would be indiscreet, since Colonel Capadose handled the brush—as a raconteur—with such freedom. There might be a ghost and there might not; but the Colonel himself, he inclined to think, was the most mystifying figure in the house.
Source: wiktionary
It is notoriously possible for the author of a fictitious narrative to become, after a time, unable to distinguish it from a statement of actual facts. There is a case on record in which a learned judge communicated to the Psychical Society in perfect good faith a ghost story, all the principal features of which were proved to be imaginary. They had their origin in his own talent as a distinguished raconteur.
Source: wiktionary
The two of them turn to each other and raise an eyebrow each, their signal to slip into alternating raconteuring.
Source: wiktionary
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