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Synonyms for narrate

Most common

describe relate rehearse

All synonyms

Verb

Other

report

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

    The documentary will narrate the rise and fall of the historic club.

Related words

Word family
narrator narration narrative narratory

Forms

Past participle
narrated
e.g. narrated → teld, described, related, re-cited…

Example sentences

  • describe Please describe to me exactly what happened there.
  • relate I see no reason why he doesn't relate to the firm.
  • rehearse We really do need to rehearse a little more.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
narraterising
describerising
relatesteady
rehearserising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
tell1
6 letters
report2, detail2, relate2
8 letters
describe2, rehearse2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (report2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
narrer
Español
narrar