Story

//ˈstɔː.ɹi//

Synonyms for "story" (337 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (68)

Strong matches (101)

Related words (168)

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More general

11 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

6 entries

capable of

10 entries

derived

99 entries

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distinct from

2 entries

etymologically related_to

4 entries

form of

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

5 entries

has property

3 entries

is a

2 entries

part of

1 entries

receives action

2 entries

related to

196 entries

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used for

18 entries

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Translations

287 translations across 145 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • storie noun (account of events)
  • storie noun (social media temporary publication)
  • verhaal noun (account of events)

Albanian

3 entries
  • histori noun (account of events)
  • rrojmë noun (account of events)
  • tregim noun (account of events)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ተረት noun (account of events)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • λόγος noun (account of events)
  • μῦθος noun (account of events)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حكاية noun (account of events)
  • حكاية noun (account of events)
  • حِكَايَة noun (account of events)
  • رِوَايَة noun (account of events)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պատմություն noun (account of events)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সাধু noun (account of events)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • hekayə noun (account of events)

Baluchi

3 entries
  • دستاں noun (account of events)
  • قصو noun (account of events)
  • قصہ noun (account of events)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • хикәйә noun (account of events)

Basque

1 entries
  • istorio noun (account of events)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Gschicht noun (account of events)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • апавяда́нне noun (account of events)
  • гісто́рыя noun (account of events)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গল্প noun (account of events)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • исто́рия noun (account of events)
  • при́казка noun (account of events)
  • ра́зказ noun (account of events)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပုံ noun (account of events)
  • ဝတ္ထု noun (account of events)

Catalan

2 entries
  • història noun (account of events)
  • relat noun (account of events)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • estorya noun (account of events)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • sorita noun (account of events)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • چیرۆک noun (account of events)
  • چیڕۆک noun (account of events)

Chechen

1 entries
  • дийцар noun (account of events)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • nkhani noun (account of events)
  • nthano noun (account of events)

Chinese

4 entries
  • гўҗер noun (account of events)
  • гўҗир noun (account of events)
  • щёфә noun (account of events)
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)
  • 限時動態 /限时动态 noun (social media temporary publication)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • притъча noun (account of events)
  • ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ noun (account of events)

Czech

1 entries
  • příběh noun (account of events)

Danish

3 entries
  • beretning noun (account of events)
  • fortælling noun (account of events)
  • historie noun (account of events)

Dena'ina

1 entries
  • sukdu noun (account of events)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geschiedenis noun (account of events)
  • verhaal noun (account of events)
  • vertelling noun (account of events)
  • vertelsel noun (account of events)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • rakonto noun (account of events)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lugu noun (account of events)

Ewe

1 entries
  • ŋutinya noun (account of events)

Finnish

4 entries
  • juttu noun (account of events)
  • kertomus noun (account of events)
  • selostus noun (account of events)
  • tarina noun (account of events)

French

2 entries
  • conte noun (account of events)
  • histoire noun (account of events)

Galician

2 entries
  • conto noun (account of events)
  • historia noun (account of events)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოთხრობა noun (account of events)

German

2 entries
  • Erzählung noun (account of events)
  • Geschichte noun (account of events)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 noun (account of events)

Greek

1 entries
  • ιστορία noun (account of events)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • વાર્તા noun (account of events)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • istwa noun (account of events)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סיפור \ סִפּוּר noun (account of events)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कहानी noun (account of events)
  • क़िस्सा noun (account of events)
  • दास्तान noun (account of events)
  • हिकायत noun (account of events)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • elbeszélés noun (account of events)
  • történet noun (account of events)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • saga noun (account of events)

Ido

2 entries
  • naraco noun (account of events)
  • rakonto noun (account of events)

Ilocano

2 entries
  • istoria noun (account of events)
  • salaysay noun (account of events)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • cerita noun (account of events)
  • kisah noun (account of events)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • jute noun (account of events)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • conto noun (account of events)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اِسْتوری noun (social media temporary publication)
  • حِکایَت noun (account of events)
  • داسْتان noun (account of events)
  • رِوایَت noun (account of events)

Irish

1 entries
  • scéal noun (account of events)

Istriot

1 entries
  • stuoria noun (account of events)

Italian

4 entries
  • aneddoto noun (account of events)
  • racconto noun (account of events)
  • storia noun (account of events)
  • vicenda noun (account of events)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ストーリー noun (account of events)
  • 小説 noun (account of events)
  • 物語 noun (account of events)
  • 話 noun (account of events)

Javanese

1 entries
  • crita noun (account of events)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Kachchi

1 entries
  • આખાણી noun (account of events)

Kaingang

1 entries
  • kãme noun (account of events)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • salita noun (account of events)

Kashmiri

3 entries
  • دٔلیٖل noun (account of events)
  • دٲستان noun (account of events)
  • قٕصہٕ noun (account of events)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • хикая noun (account of events)
  • әңгіме noun (account of events)

Khmer

3 entries
  • តំណាល noun (account of events)
  • និទាន noun (account of events)
  • រឿង noun (account of events)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • rũgano noun (account of events)

Konkani

1 entries
  • क्हाणी noun (account of events)

Korean

3 entries
  • 소설 noun (account of events)
  • 스토리 noun (account of events)
  • 이야기 noun (account of events)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • аңгеме noun (account of events)
  • жомок noun (account of events)

Lao

4 entries
  • ກະຖາ noun (account of events)
  • ນິຍາຍ noun (account of events)
  • ນິທານ noun (account of events)
  • ອາຂະຍານ noun (account of events)

Latin

1 entries
  • fābula noun (account of events)

Latvian

2 entries
  • stāsts noun (account of events)
  • stāstījums noun (account of events)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • verhaol noun (account of events)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • istorija noun (account of events)
  • pasakojimas noun (account of events)

Low German

1 entries
  • Geschichten noun (account of events)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • приказна noun (account of events)

Malay

2 entries
  • cerita noun (account of events)
  • kisah noun (account of events)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കഥ noun (account of events)

Maltese

2 entries
  • rakkont noun (account of events)
  • storja noun (account of events)

Maranao

1 entries
  • iringa noun (account of events)

Marathi

2 entries
  • गोष्ट noun (account of events)
  • स्टोरी noun (social media temporary publication)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • agnutmaqan noun (account of events)

Middle English

2 entries
  • historie noun (account of events)
  • storie noun (account of events)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • stória noun (account of events)

Mohawk

1 entries
  • oká꞉raʼ noun (account of events)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өгүүлэл noun (account of events)

Muong

1 entries
  • chiễn noun (account of events)

Navajo

1 entries
  • bahaneʼ noun (account of events)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • haɓari noun (account of events)
  • kiswa noun (account of events)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • hîkaye noun (account of events)
  • qise noun (account of events)
  • qiset noun (account of events)
  • çîrok noun (account of events)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • muitalus noun (account of events)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • historie noun (account of events)

Odia

1 entries
  • କାହାଣୀ noun (account of events)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • dibaajimowin noun (account of events)

Old English

1 entries
  • spell noun (account of events)

Old French

3 entries
  • conte noun (account of events)
  • dit noun (account of events)
  • estoire noun (account of events)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • kaṇḍa noun (account of events)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • داستان noun (account of events)

Pashto

4 entries
  • حکايت noun (account of events)
  • داستان noun (account of events)
  • دوڼه noun (account of events)
  • قصه noun (account of events)

Persian

4 entries
  • حِکَایَت noun (account of events)
  • دَاسْتَان noun (account of events)
  • رِوَایَت noun (account of events)
  • قِصَّه noun (account of events)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Jeschicht noun (account of events)

Polish

2 entries
  • historia noun (account of events)
  • opowieść noun (account of events)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • conto noun (account of events)
  • estória noun (account of events)
  • história noun (account of events)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • کَہانی noun (account of events)
  • ਕਹਾਣੀ noun (account of events)

Romani

1 entries
  • paramìsi noun (account of events)

Romanian

2 entries
  • istorie noun (account of events)
  • poveste noun (account of events)

Russian

4 entries
  • исто́рия noun (account of events)
  • исто́рия noun (social media temporary publication)
  • по́весть noun (account of events)
  • расска́з noun (account of events)

Samoan

1 entries
  • tala noun (account of events)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कथा noun (account of events)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Ferhaal noun (account of events)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • naidheachd noun (account of events)
  • sgeul noun (account of events)
  • sgeulachd noun (account of events)

Semai

1 entries
  • cerite noun (account of events)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prȋča noun (account of events)
  • pȍvijēst noun (account of events)
  • pȍvēst noun (account of events)
  • raskaz noun (account of events)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • cuntu noun (account of events)

Slovak

1 entries
  • príbeh noun (account of events)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zgodba noun (account of events)

Spanish

4 entries
  • anécdota noun (account of events)
  • crónica noun (account of events)
  • cuento noun (account of events)
  • fábula noun (account of events)

Swahili

4 entries
  • habari noun (account of events)
  • hadithi noun (account of events)
  • khabari noun (account of events)
  • ngano noun (account of events)

Swedish

4 entries
  • berättelse noun (account of events)
  • historia noun (account of events)
  • händelse noun (social media temporary publication)
  • story noun (social media temporary publication)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • istorya noun (account of events)
  • kuwento noun (account of events)

Tajik

4 entries
  • баён noun (account of events)
  • достон noun (account of events)
  • нақл noun (account of events)
  • ривоят noun (account of events)

Talysh

2 entries
  • داستان noun (account of events)
  • نقل noun (account of events)

Tatar

1 entries
  • әкият noun (account of events)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కత noun (account of events)
  • కథ noun (account of events)

Thai

4 entries
  • นิทาน noun (account of events)
  • อาขยาน noun (account of events)
  • เรื่อง noun (account of events)
  • เรื่องราว noun (account of events)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྒྲུང noun (account of events)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ጽውጽዋይ noun (account of events)

Turkish

4 entries
  • hikâye noun (account of events)
  • hikâye noun (social media temporary publication)
  • story noun (social media temporary publication)
  • öykü noun (account of events)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • hekaýa noun (account of events)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 noun (account of events)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • о́повідь noun (account of events)
  • оповіда́ння noun (account of events)
  • ро́зповідь noun (account of events)
  • істо́рія noun (account of events)

Unami

1 entries
  • achimëwakàn noun (account of events)

Urdu

4 entries
  • حِکایَت noun (account of events)
  • داسْتان noun (account of events)
  • قِصَّہ noun (account of events)
  • نَقْل noun (account of events)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ھېكايە noun (account of events)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hikoya noun (account of events)
  • rivoyat noun (account of events)

Venetan

1 entries
  • istoria noun (account of events)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chuyện noun (account of events)
  • tự sự noun (account of events)

Volapük

1 entries
  • konot noun (account of events)

Welsh

1 entries
  • chwedl noun (account of events)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • ferhaal noun (account of events)
  • sêge noun (account of events)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 故事 noun (account of events)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • מייַסע noun (account of events)
  • מעשׂה noun (account of events)

Zulu

2 entries
  • indaba noun (account of events)
  • inganekwane noun (account of events)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.

Source: tatoeba (1382)

This is such a sad story.

Source: tatoeba (1898)

Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.

Source: tatoeba (2008)

He told me the story of his life.

Source: tatoeba (2063)

Showing 4 of 37 available sentences.

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