Synonyms of narratives

narratives

noun

plural of narrative

1

as in stories

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 & Similar Words

• stories
• chronologies
• histories
• accounts
• records
• versions
• narrations
• chronicles
• commentaries
• reports
• tales
• memoirs
• diaries
• sagas
• witnesses
• testimonies
• anecdotes
• documentations
• depositions
• testimonials
• journals
• testaments
• blogs
• annals
• logs
• minutes
• logbooks
• yarns
• romances
• epics
• recitations
• case studies
• case histories
• recitals
• gests
• procès-verbaux

2

as in tales

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 & Similar Words

• stories
• tales
• novellas
• yarns
• short stories
• histories
• anecdotes
• novelettes
• fables
• myths
• jokes
• parables
• romances
• records
• legends
• annals
• reports
• exempla
• folktales
• fairy tales
• chronicles
• bedtime stories
• accounts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of narratives

Pork Soda, in particular, foreshadowed the weight of nu-metal acts like Korn, who also deployed sagging bass in service of profoundly unsettling narratives. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026

Public investors are now being invited in after the restructuring worked, earnings improved, and nuclear power became one of the market’s most attractive investment narratives. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

But while these narratives demonstrate local viability, translating them into a statewide apparatus under a Republican banner is a dead end. — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

The commitment of Sales to Indiana just nuked an entire lifetime of narratives and checked off the one thing that was surprisingly missing from Cignetti's resume. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Neozoon also has a clear take on how Eurocentric, patriarchal narratives play into this urge to own land and fulfill individuals’ desires. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

But according to historian Audre Wolfe, cultural narratives around alien invasion complicated things for early exobiologists. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2026

Anti-vaccine activists incorporated him into broader narratives about pharmaceutical companies and public health agencies. — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Mike Marinella, an NRCC spokesperson, pushed back on Democratic midterm narratives. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 26 July 2026