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Raconteur

A relater; a storyteller.

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Narrator 76% connected

One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.

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Teller 76% connected

One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

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Anecdotist 92% connected

One who relates or collects anecdotes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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First person noun · 78% connection

pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Narrative.
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Storyteller noun · 78% connection

someone who tells a story

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Third person noun · 78% connection

pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur

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Flashback noun · 78% connection

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological developm…

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Narrative adjective · 78% connection

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"

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Fabulist noun · 77% connection

a person who tells or invents fables

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Climax noun · 77% connection

the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood t…

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Narration noun · 77% connection

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radi…

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Story noun · 77% connection

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radi…

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Tale noun · 77% connection

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radi…

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Communicative adjective · 77% connection

able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew" - W.M.Thackeray

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Communicatory adjective · 77% connection

able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew" - W.M.Thackeray

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Autumn years noun · 71% connection

(literary) the later years of one's life, especially after one has finished their career.; "He spent his autumn years surrounded by fa…

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Bounteousness noun · 71% connection

(literary) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

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Bounty noun · 71% connection

(literary) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

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Steed noun · 71% connection

(literary) a spirited horse for state of war

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Tempest noun · 71% connection

(literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"

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Bamboozle verb · 71% connection

To trick or confuse someone

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Griot noun · 78% connection

a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village

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Relator noun · 78% connection

One who relates; a relater.

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Storier noun · 78% connection

A relater of stories; an historian.

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Relater noun · 72% connection

One who relates or narrates.

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