Antonyms for story
ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr isto·ry

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. storynoun

   A lie.

   You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?

   Synonyms:
   lieSynonyms

2. storynoun

   A floor or level of a building; a storey.

   Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.

   Synonyms:
   floor, level

3. storynoun

   A soap opera.

   What will she do without being able to watch her stories?

   Synonyms:
   serial, soap opera

4. storynoun

   A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

   Synonyms:
   tome

5. storynoun

   Synonyms:
   narrative

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. story

   A story is the telling of some series of connected incidents or events, whether real or fictitious, in prose or verse, orally or in writing; or the series of incidents or events thus related may be termed a story. In children's talk, a story is a common euphemism for a falsehood. Tale is nearly synonymous with story, but is somewhat archaic; it is used for an imaginative, legendary, or fictitious recital, especially if of ancient date; as, a fairy tale; also, for an idle or malicious report; as, do not tell tales; "where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth." Prov. xxvi, 20. An anecdote tells briefly some incident, assumed to be fact. If it passes close limits of brevity, it ceases to be an anecdote, and becomes a narrative or narration. A traditional or mythical story of ancient times is a legend. A history is often somewhat poetically called a story; as, the story of the American civil war. Compare ALLEGORY; FICTION; HISTORY.

   Antonyms:
   annals, biography, chronicle, history, memoir

   Synonyms:
   account, anecdote, incident, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, recital, record, relation, tale

Matched Categories

1. • Fiction
   • History
   • Lie
   • Message
   • News
   • Record
   • Structure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. narrative, narration, story, talenoun

   a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

   "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

   Synonyms:
   tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, report, recital, yarn, taradiddle, news report, write up, level, floor, narration, history, fib

2. storynoun

   a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

   "he writes stories for the magazines"

   Synonyms:
   account, narration, tarradiddle, level, fib, report, floor, storey, write up, history, taradiddle, news report, narrative, tale, chronicle

3. floor, level, storey, storynoun

   a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

   "what level is the office on?"

   Synonyms:
   narration, horizontal surface, account, narrative, grade, tale, storey, degree, base, flooring, tier, news report, trading floor, taradiddle, spirit level, write up, level, fib, chronicle, tarradiddle, layer, floor, stage, history, point, stratum, report

4. history, account, chronicle, storynoun

   a record or narrative description of past events

   "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

   Synonyms:
   score, tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, report, fib, business relationship, news report, account statement, explanation, taradiddle, bill, write up, invoice, floor, accounting, narration, history, level

5. report, news report, story, account, write upnoun

   a short account of the news

   "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

   Synonyms:
   score, tarradiddle, account, paper, study, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, theme, fib, accounting, business relationship, account statement, bill, explanation, taradiddle, news report, write up, report card, invoice, reputation, written report, floor, narration, history, level, report, composition

6. fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddlenoun

   a trivial lie

   "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

   Synonyms:
   tosh, tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, report, boloney, tommyrot, bilgewater, humbug, taradiddle, bosh, news report, write up, level, drool, twaddle, baloney, floor, narration, history, fib

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. storynoun

   Synonyms:
   fiction, tale, anecdote, romance, novel, fable, legend, myth, parable, apologue, chronicle, record, history, narrative, narration, yarn, rehearsal, recital, tradition, jeremiad, falsehood, canard, floor, loft, mezzanine, entresol

How to use story in a sentence?

1. Rachmat Thomas:

   The success story about this pump is that it is all handcrafted, and the secret about this pump is that you can actually fold it up and put it into your handbag.

2. Roseanne Barr:

   That didn't hurt me as bad as knowing every story came from my own life and now they'll continue those stories and they won't necessarily be the way I intended when I laid them out. To change my work too is pretty painful. I can't do anything about it. I can only expand on what I meant.

3. Don DeLillo:

   If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It's the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act.

4. Jim Jordan:

   I've talked to all sorts of colleagues, they can all see through that story.

5. Rabbi Michael Moskowitz of Temple:

   Health is first. We cannot leave our homes. So if you don't have a shankbone, don't run out to the store, telling the story is the most important part.

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