Short story

Synonyms for "short story" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Adjective(7 words)
accessibleage appropriatebeginner friendlybriefbrief fictioncompactconcise
bildungsromancomic noveldetective noveldime noveldreadful

Strong matches (18)

epistolary novelerotic novelgothic novelhistorical novelnouvellenovelnovel of characternovel of ideasnovel of incidentnovel of mannersnovel of sensibilitynovelettenovellapenny dreadfulpicaresque novel
Adjective(3 words)

Related words (29)

piecepornographic novelproblem novelproletarian novelpropaganda novelpsychological novelregional novelriver novelromanroman a clefroman-fleuvesatirical novelscience-fiction novelsentimental novelshilling shockershort-shortsociological novelstoriettestream-of-consciousness novelthesis novel
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Adjective(6 words)
practice storyreading passageshort fictionshort taleshorter storystorylike
Noun(2 words)
short pieceworks of fiction

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
descriptive termeducational descriptorfictionliterary descriptorliterature piecenarrativereading materialstorytaletext

More specific

10 entries
anecdotebrief narrativeconcise taleearly reader levelfablemicrofictionparablepicture book styleshort story formshort story genre

Collocations

9 entries
short story anthologyshort story authorshort story collectionshort story formshort story lessonshort story promptshort story unitshort story workshopshort story writing

Inflections

3 entries
short storiesshorter storyshortest story

Derivations

5 entries
short-story anthologyshort-story collectionshort-story formshort-storyishshort-storylike