Story definition

Story as a noun

1. 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

   Same sense: narrative, tale, narration

2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

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

   Same sense: level, floor, storey

4. a record or narrative description of past events

   "the story of exposure to lead"

   Same sense: history, account, chronicle

5. a short account of the news

   "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"

   Same sense: report, account, news report, write up

6. a trivial lie

   Same sense: tale, fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle

Synonyms and antonyms

• narrative
• tale
• narration
• level definition
• floor
• storey
• history definition
• account definition
• chronicle
• report definition
• news report
• write up
• fib
• taradiddle
• tarradiddle

All synonyms of story, sense by sense

How to say story

Story has 2 syllables and rhymes with territory. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with story

• territory
• category
• glory
• laboratory
• regulatory
• inventory
• mandatory
• tory
• respiratory
• statutory
• inflammatory
• observatory

All 82 words that rhyme with story

STORY in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

4

Is STORY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check STORY in the word checker, or unscramble STORY to see its 4 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.