Synonyms and Antonyms of story
1
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
- he's a talented writer, but his quirky stories will never find a wide readership
bedtime story
exemplum, fable, parable
anecdote, joke
fairy tale, folktale, legend, myth, romance
account, annals, chronicle, history, record, report
2
a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally
- Grandpa is always telling stories about what it was like growing up on a farm
3
a report of recent events or facts not previously known
- a story in the morning paper about plans for a new library
411 [slang], advice(s), gen [chiefly British], info, information, intelligence, item, news, tidings, uncos [chiefly Scottish], word
announcement, bulletin, communication, correspondence, dispatch, message, reportage
dope, lowdown, scoop, tidbit (also titbit), tip
gossip, rumor, tale, tattle
feedback
disinformation, propaganda
4
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
- gave us the whole story of the accident
version
deposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witness
annals, blog, diary, journal, log, logbook, memoir
minutes, procès-verbal
anecdote, tale, yarn
epic, saga
gest (or geste), romance
recital, recitation
case history, case study
5
a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature
- stories going around that the old man had died with thousands of dollars hidden under his mattress
dirt, gossip, scuttlebutt, talebearing, talk, tattle
dirty laundry, dirty linen
defamation, libel, slander
hearsay
fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, mendacity, prevarication, untruth, whopper
6
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
- she tells stories just to get attention, so don't believe that stuff about her father being somebody important
fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, mendacity, prevarication, tale, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper
distortion, exaggeration, half-truth
ambiguity, equivocation, obliquity
defamation, libel, slander
perjury
bluff, fiction, pose, pretense (or pretence)
humbug, jive, nonsense
canard, fallacy, misconception, myth
falsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement
deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence
7
the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work
- the story proceeds at a pace that many readers will find a bit too leisurely
8
position with regard to conditions and circumstances
- management is trying to figure out what the story is with the accident down in the warehouse
