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Noun
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A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted
story
narrative
legend
fable
myth
yarn
fiction
account
saga
romance
epic
novelette
parable
allegory
novella
narration
novel
report
history
record
anecdote
relation
spiel
conte
folk tale
short story
urban myth
urban legend
fantasy
adventure
more ❯
“Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures.”
Noun
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A lie or fictitious misrepresentation
lie
untruth
fabrication
fib
falsehood
story
falsity
whopper
prevarication
fable
fiction
mendacity
taradiddle
tarradiddle
yarn
exaggeration
misrepresentation
detraction
concoction
invention
untruism
fantasy
scandal
kidology
myth
fairy tale
fairy story
trumped-up story
piece of fiction
fake news
tall story
alternative fact
cock and bull story
red herring
shaggy-dog story
cock-and-bull story
figment of imagination
urban legend
urban myth
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“He's always ready to spin a tall tale about the one that got away.”
Noun
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A report or rumor (typically unsubstantiated) about someone or something
story
canard
gossip
hearsay
rumourUK
slander
whisper
allegation
libel
talk
tittle-tattle
rumorUS
scuttlebutt
report
word
buzz
tattle
scandal
noise
bruit
goss
dirt
news
chitchat
idle talk
bavardage
dish
shu-shu
grapevine
back-fence talk
more ❯
“He'd heard the dubious tale of the molecule map before from his colleagues, and had concluded he couldn't believe something so incredible since there was no evidence.”
Noun
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(obsolete) A total number counted or recorded
tally
count
census
calculation
reckoning
register
total
score
sum
fact finding
information gathering
result
summation
tab
running total
enumeration
computation
poll
tallying
counting
telling
numbering
cast
listing
check
totting up
number crunching
number
sum total
amount
whole
aggregate
totality
toll
quantity
mark
grand total
adding
record
assessment
addition
grade
outcome
rating
magnitude
totalingUS
grading
points
totallingUK
toting
percentage
evaluation
appraisal
adding up
adding together
final result
gross
math
arithmetic
value
mathematics
extent
figure
accumulation
quota
summing
measure
volume
proportion
accruing
account
greatness
tabulating
summing up
full amount
numeration
collection
notch
abundance
totalization
more ❯
“Both number twice a day the milky dams, and once she takes the tale of all the lambs.”
Noun
▲
A version or narrative of events or facts
rendition
interpretation
explanation
version
depiction
narration
report
explication
description
statement
account
elucidation
story
narrative
definition
exposition
commentary
delineation
detail
illustration
clarification
brief
summary
information
chronicle
expounding
construction
record
relation
demonstration
elaboration
illumination
impression
breakdown
enlightenment
recounting
specification
perspective
telling
recountal
example
exegesis
note
simplification
history
side
chronicling
chronology
detailing
describing
news
relating
lowdown
blow by blow
run-down
play by play
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Noun
▲
The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
reportage
analysis
exposure
mention
news coverage
reporting
address
announcement
article
brief
broadcast
cable
chronicle
communication
communique
coverage
declaration
description
detail
digest
dispatch
handout
history
information
message
narration
narrative
news
note
opinion
outline
paper
picture
piece
proclamation
pronouncement
recital
record
relation
release
rundown
scoop
statement
summary
telegram
tidings
version
wire
word
blow by blow
hot wire
précis
résumé
write-up
more ❯
Noun
▲
A kind of narrative poem, typically adapted for recitation or singing
ballad
poem
ode
verse
sonnet
limerick
rhyme
poetry
rune
poesy
rime
lines
chant
saga
narrative
shanty
piece of poetry
epic poem
song
lyric
composition
epic
verselet
writing
quatrain
elegy
piece of doggerel
blank verse
free verse
beat
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge
backbiting
scandalmongering
abuse
calumny
cattiness
defamation
denigration
disparagement
slander
vilification
vituperation
libel
maligning
smearing
aspersions
calumniation
detraction
gossip
insults
malice
malicious talk
muckraking
mud-slinging
revilement
slurs
spite
spitefulness
aspersion
backstabbing
badmouthing
bad-mouthing
belittlement
character assassination
depreciation
infighting
invective
lie
obloquy
rubbishing
scandal
slagging
spiteful talk
traducement
viciousness
hateful talk
slagging off
unkind remarks
more ❯
Noun
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The storyline of a narrative work
plot
story
storyline
narrative
outline
thread
action
development
scenario
subject
theme
events
diegesis
mythos
progress
script
structure
unfolding
enactment
incidents
movement
picture
scenes
summary
synopsis
transcript
chain of events
story line
scheme
gist
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something considered in its entirety or as a whole
sum total
total
sum
aggregate
totality
whole
entirety
summation
all
full
body
whole shebang
whole bit
whole nine yards
the works
whole kit and caboodle
gross
collectivity
fullness
everything
bulk
lot
extent
works
ensemble
oneness
aggregation
whole enchilada
entire amount
whole ball of wax
more ❯
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