'Narrative' definitions:
Definition of 'narrative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"
noun
Definition of 'Narrative'
From: GCIDE
- Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. [1913 Webster]
- Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See Account. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Narrative'
From: GCIDE
- Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. narratif.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous. [1913 Webster]
- But wise through time, and narrative with age. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'narrative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- Alcaic,
- Anacreontic,
- anecdotage,
- anecdotal,
- anecdote,
- anecdotic,
- bardic,
- bucolic,
- Castalian,
- chronicle,
- chronicling,
- description,
- didactic,
- dithyrambic,
- dramatic,
- eclogic,
- elegiac,
- epic,
- epos,
- heroic,
- history,
- Homeric,
- Hudibrastic,
- idyllic,
- mock-heroic,
- narration,
- narrational,
- pastoral,
- Pierian,
- Pindaric,
- poetic,
- poetico-mystical,
- poetico-mythological,
- poetico-philosophic,
- poetlike,
- portrayal,
- recital,
- record,
- recountal,
- recounting,
- rehearsal,
- relation,
- report,
- retelling,
- revelation,
- review,
- rhapsodic,
- runic,
- saga,
- sapphic,
- skaldic,
- statement,
- storied,
- storified,
- story,
- tale,
- tale-telling,
- telling,
- Theocritean,
- version,
- yarn,
- yarn spinning