narrative

narrative

noun

Definition of NARRATIVE

1

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened <wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party>

Synonyms chronicle, chronology, commentary (usually commentaries), history, narration, narrative, record, report, story

Related Words version; deposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witness; annals, blog, diary, journal, log, logbook, memoir; minutes, procès-verbal; anecdote, tale, yarn; epic, saga; gest (or geste), romance; recital, recitation; case history, case study

2

a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel <in such narratives as “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Purloined Letter,” Edgar Allan Poe essentially created the modern detective story>

Synonyms narrative, novelette, novella, short story, tale, yarn

Related Words bedtime story; exemplum, fable, parable; anecdote, joke; fairy tale, folktale, legend, myth, romance; account, annals, chronicle, history, record, report