1. (noun)narrative, narration, story, tale 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 Synonyms: tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, report, recital, story, yarn, taradiddle, news report, write up, level, floor, narration, history, fib
2. (noun)story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events Synonyms: account, narration, tarradiddle, level, fib, report, floor, storey, write up, history, taradiddle, news report, narrative, tale, chronicle
3. (noun)floor, level, storey, story a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale Synonyms: narration, horizontal surface, account, narrative, grade, tale, storey, degree, base, flooring, tier, story, news report, trading floor, taradiddle, spirit level, write up, level, fib, chronicle, tarradiddle, layer, floor, stage, history, point, stratum, report
4. (noun)history, account, chronicle, story a record or narrative description of past events Synonyms: score, tarradiddle, account, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, report, fib, story, business relationship, news report, account statement, explanation, taradiddle, bill, write up, invoice, floor, accounting, narration, history, level
5. (noun)report, news report, story, account, write up a short account of the news Synonyms: score, tarradiddle, account, paper, study, narrative, chronicle, tale, storey, theme, fib, accounting, story, business relationship, account statement, bill, explanation, taradiddle, news report, write up, report card, invoice, reputation, written report, floor, narration, history, level, report, composition
1. story Fiction is now chiefly used of a prose work in narrative form in which the characters are partly or wholly imaginary, and which is designed to portray human life, with or without a practical lesson Synonyms: fiction, allegory, fabrication, invention, myth, romance, apologue, falsehood, legend, novel, story, fable, figment Antonyms: certainty, fact, history, literalness, reality, truth, verity