short story

short story

noun

Definition of SHORT STORY

a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel <her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal>

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