NOVELS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

novels

noun

plural of novel

as in narratives

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Recent Examples of novels Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin. — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair. — Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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Meanwhile, China has broadcast its efforts to punish people who expressed doubt about the official narratives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Donaphin has worked with the NBA and WNBA for the last decade, more than eight of those years coming on the WNBA side, giving her the proper perspective to handle the business and narratives surrounding the league.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of narratives

Noun

Apple's new Siri uses large language models to search through a user's local personal data, including texts, emails, and calendar appointments.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
But Mark, in Ronson’s telling, quickly grows antagonistic, abruptly asking Ronson to sign an NDA, then later barraging him with suspicious texts and threatening him with a pair of goons.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of texts

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To this day, it is seen as the traditional world map and is used in many school textbooks and atlases.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
The tragic day, etched into the minds of many Americans, has since been memorialized in classroom textbooks, anniversary broadcasts, museums and the stories told by survivors.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of textbooks

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In this excerpt from Music Video Mischief, Dick writes about his experiences working with GNR, including anecdotes about his one-on-one conversations with Axl Rose and the time Slash carjacked a trailer on set.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Named for Spain's regent queen, mother of King Alfonso XIII, the Maria Cristina has history and heritage in spades; anecdotes cling to it like sequins.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of anecdotes

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Her poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in various publications and anthologies including the New York Times, Take the Mic, Color Outside the Lines, Vampires Never Get Old and A Universe of Wishes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
The third chapter of my book on anthologies, The Treasuries, is about literary censorship in the early nineteenth century.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026

Definition of anthologies

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The new exhibition will cover machinery and equipment, fibers and yarns, dyes and finishing chemicals, testing and inspection, automation, artificial intelligence and other digital manufacturing tools.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Colored yarns create a salt-and-pepper effect that gives this piece textural depth.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of yarns

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It is widely regarded as one of the most influential treatises on warfare ever written.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth.

— Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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