Anecdote
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
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Synonyms for Anecdote
Incident is a synonym for anecdote in interesting or amusing story topic. In some cases you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Anecdote".
Incident
Incident noun - Something that happens.
How words are described
| particular | particular anecdote | particular incident |
| similar | similar anecdote | similar incident |
| specific | specific anecdote | specific incident |
| original | original anecdote | original incident |
| Other adjectives: disturbing, unpleasant, entire, real, embarrassing, little, bad, terrible, amusing, interesting, famous, early, humiliating, well-known, funny, hilarious, above, bizarre, last, historical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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This came apart during an infamous incident in which the play-by-play man forgot what was going on and began telling his partner an amusing anecdote...about the fight they were calling.
Source: Saying Too Much -
The incident described in the novel is almost word-for-word a real anecdote between Hardcastle and Dahl, described in Dahl's autobiography Boy.
Source: Sadist Teacher -
Noodle Incident: T-Rex's idea of a party anecdote is the time he lost someone's baby.
Source: Webcomic / Dinosaur Comics
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Incident and Anecdote. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anecdote/incident
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