Anecdote and Episode

Similar meaning words

Anecdote noun - A brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally.

Usage example: told us once again that anecdote about the dog and the bike

Show all Definitions

Episode is a synonym for anecdote in interesting or amusing story topic. In some cases you can use "Episode" instead a noun "Anecdote".

Nearby Words: anecdotal, anecdotic

Episode noun - Something that happens.

Show all Definitions

Anecdote is a synonym for episode. You can use "Anecdote" instead a noun "Episode".

Nearby Words: episodic, episodically

old	old anecdote	old episode
best	best anecdote	best episode
long	long anecdote	long episode
particular	particular anecdote	particular episode
Other adjectives: similar, specific, short, following, original, entire, real, bad, famous, early, classic, last.

In the episode "The Time of Angels", the Doctor tells an anecdote about a planet of two-headed people.

Source: Multiple Head Case
In the episode "Melora", Dax recounts an anecdote of two people who didn't even breath the same type of air getting together and staying together for 57 years.

Source: Interspecies Romance / Live-Action TV
In one episode of The '90s anime, Minako tells a lengthy anecdote about feeding Artemis a piece of caramel and it getting stuck in his teeth.

Source: Artistic License Animal Care

Cite this Source

Episode and Anecdote. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anecdote/episode

Anecdote & Episode. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/anecdote/episode>.

Episode or Anecdote. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/anecdote/episode.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "anecdote" and "episode" have occurred on timeline