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

And consequently, who is better able to hold up a mirror to a zeitgeist in which the politics of identity and grand narratives of public life have invaded the most private spaces? — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

The experience has given Alderton a taste for adaptation—and for tackling narratives with settings that go outside her own personal experience. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Weaving the narratives together creates a fuller picture of generations of men and women who, however imperfectly, did their best to carve out lives for themselves in a world determined to humiliate them. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Speaking to Vogue Business exclusively in the days after, Nafousi says a big part of the struggle was comparing online narratives of success with her own journey. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

For Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, this was enough, while Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart, who often cover non-Trump political stories, focused on the other midterm narratives. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026

Such narratives could pave the way toward challenging the results of the election, several researchers told NBC News ahead of the midterms. — Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026

Research by Harvard Business School Professor Ranjay Gulati found that courageous and effective leaders create positive narratives that guide them through chaos, often recasting their work as a mission. — Olivia Ludington, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

The site has become what the French historian Pierre Nora called a lieu de mémoire, a place of memory, where the past resonates with particular intensity and narratives of French national identity are continually renegotiated. — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026