Narrative
Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.
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Synonyms for Narrative
Plot and narrative are semantically related in story topic. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Narrative".
Plot
Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
Narrative and plot are semantically related in story topic. Sometimes you can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Plot", if it concerns topics such as story line.
How words are described
| good | good narrative | good plot |
| common | common narrative | common plot |
| complex | complex narrative | complex plot |
| complete | complete narrative | complete plot |
| Other adjectives: current, standard, original, single, actual, entire, real, serious, dark, main, interesting, general, larger, primary, coherent, central, different, overall, ongoing, overarching. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- There Is No Such Thing as Notability, but keep in mind that if it doesn't have a story — that is, a narrative or plot of some kind — it's not really tropable in the sense we use.
- In the final story arc, the Big Bad nearly succeeds in his Take Over the World plot when he creates a device that can rewrite narrative laws to work in his advantage.
Source: Theory of Narrative Causality - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: The inverted castle, beyond the initial novelty factor, was basically a huge copy-paste of the main castle, only turned on its head, and with less narrative and plot than the already fairly bare-bones story of the first half.
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Plot and Narrative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/narrative/plot
Narrative & Plot. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/narrative/plot>.
Plot or Narrative. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/narrative/plot.
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