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
Relevance
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
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of narratives
However, as evidenced by the analysis from Hoffman, Owusu-Ansah, and the rest of the team at the real Pitt, these stories can enjoy a second life if those who are writing the narratives of today chose to amplify them.
—
Drew Pittock, USA Today, 18 June 2026
What surrounds that figure is harder to parse, because two loud and opposing narratives are vying for attention.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
What struck me most in Satrapi’s rendering of the veil—and of Islam itself—was her refusal to settle for the literal or flattened stereotypes that so often populate Western narratives.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
One of the biggest shifts happening in menopause research is the move away from scary narratives about the aging female brain.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 2026
While established luxury houses still dominate overall sales, Printemps sees growing consumer interest in designers with distinctive creative visions and strong narratives around craftsmanship and production.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
Forging community The range of lifestyles, opinions and narratives in zines often serves as a springboard for creating community.
—Rachel Schneider, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
The festival will present 65 films from 16 countries, with 21 narratives and 24 documentary features as well as 4 shorts programs comprising 6 narratives and 14 documentaries.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Duane Michals, one of the 20th century’s most important photographers, known for making sequences of images that conveyed enigmatic narratives and defied the conventions of the medium, died on Tuesday, June 9, at 94, in a Manhattan hospital.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
Drew Pittock, USA Today, 18 June 2026
What surrounds that figure is harder to parse, because two loud and opposing narratives are vying for attention.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
What struck me most in Satrapi’s rendering of the veil—and of Islam itself—was her refusal to settle for the literal or flattened stereotypes that so often populate Western narratives.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
One of the biggest shifts happening in menopause research is the move away from scary narratives about the aging female brain.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 2026
While established luxury houses still dominate overall sales, Printemps sees growing consumer interest in designers with distinctive creative visions and strong narratives around craftsmanship and production.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
Forging community The range of lifestyles, opinions and narratives in zines often serves as a springboard for creating community.
—Rachel Schneider, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
The festival will present 65 films from 16 countries, with 21 narratives and 24 documentary features as well as 4 shorts programs comprising 6 narratives and 14 documentaries.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Duane Michals, one of the 20th century’s most important photographers, known for making sequences of images that conveyed enigmatic narratives and defied the conventions of the medium, died on Tuesday, June 9, at 94, in a Manhattan hospital.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narratives
Noun
-
Along the way, the system will also share local stories tied to each place.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
-
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.—
Rafaela Jinich,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Noun
-
The three longtime friends, who live in adjoining apartments in South London, are about to release one of the year’s most gorgeous full-length debuts with Role Model Hermit (out July 3), a marvel of moody atmospherics, taut rhythms, and strange tales.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
-
The child of alcoholics, Dreesen often referenced his rough-and-tumble upbringing in his comedy sets, telling tales of little Tommy shining shoes in the taverns of the South Side to feed his siblings.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Noun
-
Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
-
The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
These invasion fictions took a range of forms, from short stories and pamphlets to novellas and full-length novels, and proliferated especially in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period leading up to World War I, which brought the subgenre’s brief flourishing to an end.—
Ivan Kreilkamp,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2026
-
This pair of novellas is about a middle-aged woman, the heroine’s sister, who comes to Tokyo intent on obtaining breast implants and a protagonist contemplating artificial insemination in a culture that doubts the procedure’s morality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Many histories of invasive species concern the life-forms that have been intentionally or accidentally introduced from Europe.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
-
Throughout the book, Pryor asks readers to look beneath and beyond public debates and to confront the histories and experiences that give words their power.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Noun
-
Savings accounts make people better savers The ESI estimates that some 22 million Americans are eligible for emergency savings accounts as a workplace benefit.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
-
Oil prices fell on the news of progress, but uncertainty over the status of the Strait of Hormuz — Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts over whether the key waterway was open over the weekend — may have slowed traffic again, The New York Times reported.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
Noun
-
Home was sold through foreclosure auction Property records show the home was purchased by a couple in 2019.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
-
However, Hotaling also scheduled another hearing for July 2 to determine whether to issue any sanctions against federal prosecutors, according to court records.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Noun
-
One of Wood’s earliest conversations with Reid centered on abandoning the heeled footwear that helped define earlier versions of the character.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
-
The House and Senate committee versions of the defense policy bill, the latter of which was just released Tuesday, largely align with the White House’s Pentagon budget request.—
Julia Gledhill,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Narratives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narratives. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
