All story synonyms
stoΒ·ry
S s noun story
- fast one β a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- defense β the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
- info β information.
- allegory β An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- deceptiveness β apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- covin β a conspiracy between two or more persons to act to the detriment or injury of another
- melodrama β a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- conation β the element in psychological processes that tends towards activity or change and appears as desire, volition, and striving
- construal β an act of construing
- downstairs β down the stairs.
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- mezzanine β the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater.
- coverup β an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- bss β British Standards Specification
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- itemization β to state by items; give the particulars of; list the individual units or parts of: to itemize an account.
- divulgence β a divulging.
- cleanup β A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- fiction β works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction.
- feature β a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- outs β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- level β having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- blow by blow β precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- narration β something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- apologetics β the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- fictionalization β to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- distortion β an act or instance of distorting.
- abc β The ABC of a subject or activity is the parts of it that you have to learn first because they are the most important and basic.
- narrative β a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- article β An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
- floor β that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- misrepresentation β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- gossip β idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- abc's β The ABC's of a subject or activity are the parts of it that you have to learn first because they are the most important and basic.
- declaration β A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- facts β something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
- copout β an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
- cover story β a story that is alluded to or illustrated on the cover of a magazine
- falsehood β a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- facts of life β any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- conversation piece β something, esp an unusual object, that provokes conversation
- fable β a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
- mutilation β to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- apologue β an allegory or moral fable
- dirty laundry β personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- intorsion β a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- gossipry β Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
verb story
- corroborate β To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.