Synonyms of serials

serials

noun

plural of serial

as in books

a publication that appears at regular intervals

the university library has a vast collection of serials

Synonyms & Similar Words

• books
• periodicals
• journals
• newspapers
• magazines
• bulletins
• organs
• papers
• gazettes
• mags
• yearbooks
• editions
• rags
• zines
• newsletters
• reviews
• annuals
• weeklies
• monthlies
• dailies
• quarterlies
• diurnals
• digests
• sheets
• pictorials
• newsmagazines
• little magazines
• fanzines
• tabloids
• supplements
• triweeklies
• semiweeklies
• bimonthlies
• biweeklies
• extras
• semimonthlies
• tabs
• slicks
• broadsides
• newsweeklies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of serials

Singapore has never really had a wuxia feature film – though the genre was a fixture of local television in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when a wave of wuxia serials cast actors like Li Nanxing and Zhu Ming. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

The Quatermass Experiment was a set of four different sci-fi serials, each containing 6 episodes, that debuted in 1953, a full decade before Who hit our screens. — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026

There have been dozens and dozens of ceremonies on soaps over the past 80 years, including nuptials for infamous characters of daytime serials and fan-favorite supercouples. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

This book got its start as part of the SCP Wiki, a collaborative writing space about fictional paranormal items and entities studied scientifically, and a lot of your previous works have been released as web serials. — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 27 May 2026

Despite his badass Mandalorian bounty hunter credentials, Djarin proves refreshingly vulnerable, with various bad guys getting the better of him so often the film begins to resemble one of those old-time movie serials whose installments always ended with a cliffhanger. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026

Movies, especially science fiction serials, often told the same story. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2026

While Star Wars has historically borrowed its tone from B-movies and swashbuckling serials, Rogue One brought a new, more serious approach to its subject matter. — Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025

The franchise subsequently expanded with serials for radio and film — including Universal’s 1939 serial starring Buster Crabbe — as well as NBC’s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, multiple comic and novel adaptations and a lucrative merchandising run. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025