NOVELS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

novels

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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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Naturally, reviving some of these fraught narratives seem to have irked some mentioned in the book.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
But what sticks is the potential of fanfic narratives, born of the desire to see resonant characters in new dynamics and situations.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of narratives

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In 2013, Pearson graduated as valedictorian of Mitchell High School, after leading protests at the school to demand textbooks for students.

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Foyles Educational supplied textbooks and prizes to schools, and the library department provided a similar service for public libraries.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of textbooks

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Flynn McGuire, a physical rehabilitation doctor at the University of Utah and an author of the review, said anecdotes about people having miraculous recoveries are even less reliable.

— Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Many commenters share personal anecdotes and express enjoyment of the museum's concept, highlighting its ability to entertain and provoke laughter.

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of anecdotes

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The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
That said, there’s something about being held captive inside another person’s questionable taste that can really work for certain horror anthologies, and the director at least comes off wonderfully playful here.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of anthologies

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Only the lengthwise, or warp, yarns are dyed, while the crosswise, or weft, yarns remain undyed, giving denim its characteristic blue face and lighter underside.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
The jacket achieves weather-resistant performance through a unique process where Hermin Textiin weaves ultra-fine lyocell yarns into a dense ripstop, then compacts it with heat.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of yarns

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One of the most famous of these witch-skeptical treatises, from the sixteenth century, was Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), which forcefully denies the existence of witches.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Drawing on a variety of sources—from philosophical treatises to poems and popular jokes—this compact study shows how writers of the Roman era rendered animals, domestic and wild, as imperial subjects.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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