'short story' definitions:

Definition of 'short story'

From: WordNet
noun
A prose narrative shorter than a novel

Synonyms of 'short story'

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  • Bildungsroman,
  • comic novel,
  • detective novel,
  • dime novel,
  • dreadful,
  • epistolary novel,
  • erotic novel,
  • Gothic novel,
  • historical novel,
  • nouvelle,
  • novel,
  • novel of character,
  • novel of ideas,
  • novel of incident,
  • novel of manners,
  • novel of sensibility,
  • novelette,
  • novella,
  • penny dreadful,
  • picaresque novel,
  • pornographic novel,
  • problem novel,
  • proletarian novel,
  • propaganda novel,
  • psychological novel,
  • regional novel,
  • river novel,
  • roman,
  • roman a clef,
  • roman-fleuve,
  • satirical novel,
  • science-fiction novel,
  • sentimental novel,
  • shilling shocker,
  • short-short,
  • sociological novel,
  • storiette,
  • stream-of-consciousness novel,
  • thesis novel,
  • vignette