Synonyms for episode
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Noun
1. Incident — A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course
incident, event, occurrence, affair, happening, digression, proceeding, occasion dated, hap slang dated
Other
installment US, instalment UK, sequence, excursion
Definitions
- n. 1
A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
Related words
- Word family
- episodic episodical
- Phrases
- bottle episode
Forms
- Plural
- episodes → incidents, events, occurrences, affairs…
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An episode is connected with the main course of events, like an incident or circumstance, but is of more independent interest and importance.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- proceeding Consider your decision carefully before proceeding.
- sequence He started reconstructing the sequence of events.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| episode | rising | |
| proceeding | falling | |
| sequence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hap1
- 5 letters
- event2
- 6 letters
- affair2
- 8 letters
- incident3, occasion3, sequence2
- 9 letters
- happening3, excursion3
- 10 letters
- occurrence3, proceeding3, instalment, digression3
- 11 letters
- installment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (event2 = 2 syllables).