Related Words for tale

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WordSyllablesCategories
narration
x/x
Noun, Noun
fib
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Noun, Noun
story
/x
Noun, Noun
narrative
/xx
Noun, Noun
recital
x/x
Noun, Noun
yarn
/
Noun, Noun
fable
/x
Noun
retelling
x/x
Noun, Verb
saga
/x
Noun
folktale
/x
Noun
anecdote
/xx
Noun
recounting
x/x
Noun
fairy
/x
Noun, Adjective
cautionary
/xxx
Adjective
odyssey
/xx
Noun
allegory
/xxx
Noun
myth
/
Noun
storybook
/xx
Noun
epic
/x
Noun
sordid
/x
Adjective
dramatization
xxx/x
Noun
denouement
xx/
Noun
telling
/x
Verb, Noun
parable
/xx
Noun
adventure
x/x
Noun
storyline
/xx
Noun
backstory
/xx
Noun
tragic
/x
Adjective
storytelling
/xxx
Noun
escapade
/xx
Noun
legend
/x
Noun
truth
/
Noun
prologue
/x
Noun
retellings
x/x
Noun
mythic
/x
Adjective
fiction
/x
Noun
chronicle
/xx
Noun
harrowing
/xx
Noun, Adjective
folklore
/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun
detail
x/
Noun
scoop
/
Noun
testimony
/xxx
Noun
history
/xx
Noun
tail
/
Noun
case
/
Noun
return
x/
Noun
reportage
x/x
Noun
article
/xx
Noun
fact
/
Noun
passage
/x
Noun
sketch
/
Noun
testimonial
xx/xx
Noun
report
x/
Noun
life story
//x
Phrase, Noun
brief
/
Adjective
version
/x
Noun
timeline
/x
Noun
item
/x
Noun
circumstance
/xx
Noun
talk
/
Noun
times
/
Noun
casebook
/x
Noun
incident
/xx
Noun
profile
/x
Noun
travel
/x
Noun
short
/
Adjective
rundown
/x
Noun
count
/
Noun
roll
/
Noun
verdict
/x
Noun
witness
/x
Noun
matter
/x
Noun
word
/
Noun
knot
/
Noun
itinerary
x/xxx
Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
tide
/
Noun
event
x/
Noun
file
/
Noun
excerpt
/x
Noun
memoir
/x
Noun
bulletin
/xx
Noun
fate
/
Noun
sample
/x
Noun
compendium
x/xx
Noun
case history
//xx
Phrase, Noun
theory
/x
Noun
plot
/
Noun
commentary
/xxx
Noun
chapter
/x
Noun
paragraph
/xx
Noun
rule of thumb
///
Phrase, Noun
occurrence
x/x
Noun
proof
/
Noun
research
x/
Noun
précis
x
Noun, Verb
trend
/
Noun
summing up
/x/
Phrase, Noun
trajectory
x/xx
Noun
reckoning
/xx
Noun
disclosure
x/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
journal
/x
Noun
announcement
x/x
Noun
trip
/
Noun
census
/x
Noun
outline
/x
Noun
diary
/xx
Noun
readout
/x
Noun
excursus
x/x
Noun
hearing
/x
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun
ticket
/x
Noun
dossier
x/
Noun
overview
/xx
Noun
receipt
x/
Noun
epitome
x/xx
Noun
logbook
/x
Noun
tentative
/xx
Adjective
note
/
Noun
audit
/x
Noun
paper trail
/x/
Phrase, Noun
memorial
x/xx
Noun
notice
/x
Noun
statistic
x/x
Noun
summary
/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun
headline
/x
Noun
life
/
Noun
occurring
x/x
Verb
autobiography
xxx/xx
Noun
track
/
Noun
teacher
/x
Noun
termination
xx/x
Noun
ongoing
/xx
Adjective
business
/x
Noun
calculation
xx/x
Noun
proceeding
x/x
Noun
experience
x/xx
Noun
airing
/x
Noun
latest
/x
Adjective
review
x/
Noun
case study
//x
Phrase, Noun
issue
/x
Noun
record book
x//
Phrase, Noun
intimation
xx/x
Noun
wickedly
/xx
Adverb
griselda
/xx
Name
gareth
/x
Name
woe
/
Noun
tub
/
Noun
teller
/x
Noun
riveting
/xx
Adjective
unvarnished
x/x
Adjective
bunny
/x
Noun
cinderella
xx/x
Name
heartwarming
/xx
Adjective
woeful
/x
Adjective
cupid
/x
Name
suspenseful
x/x
Adjective
picaresque
xx/
Adjective
nice
/
Adverb
enthralling
x/x
Adjective
pericles
/xx
Name
artless
/x
Adjective
affair
x/
Noun
appealing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ballad
/x
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
burlesque
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
comedic
x/x
Adjective
comic
/x
Adjective, Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conte
/
Name
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
earl
/
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
epilogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
fairy story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
geste
/
Noun
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
godmother
/xx
Noun, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
litany
/xx
Noun
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
melody
/xx
Noun
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
novel
/x
Noun, Adjective
nursery rhyme
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
poem
/x
Noun
recitation
xx/x
Noun
recognizable
xx/xx
Adjective
relation
x/x
Noun
roman
/x
Name, Adjective
romance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
sob story
//x
Phrase, Noun
song
/
Noun
song and dance
///
Phrase, Noun
speak
/
Verb, Noun
spectacle
/xx
Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tall tale
//
Phrase, Noun
telltale
/x
Adjective, Noun
thing
/
Noun, Verb
this
/
Adverb, Noun
tune
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective