floor level storey
story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
news article
news story
newspaper article | an article reporting news |
lead
lead story | a news story of major importance |
| story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events, he writes stories for the magazines |
adventure story
heroic tale | a story of an adventure |
mystery
mystery story
whodunit | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie |
| detective story | a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution |
love story
romance | a story dealing with love |
| short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
history
account
chronicle
story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
biography
life
life story
life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
report
news report
story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
fib
story tale tarradiddle
taradiddle | a trivial lie, he told a fib about eating his spinach, how can I stop my child from telling stories? |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story
song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
dirty joke
dirty story
blue joke
blue story | an indelicate joke |
funny story
good story
funny remark
funny | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line), she told a funny story, she made a funny |
| shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness |
narrative
narration story tale | 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 radio or television program, his narrative was interesting, Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children |
sob story
sob stuff | a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress, designed to arouse sympathy |
fairytale
fairy tale
fairy story | a story about fairies, told to amuse children |
| droll | comical in an odd or whimsical manner, a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor |