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Parthian shot job futuristic make yourself useful address admission bingo button/zip your lip temper, temper be fair autocratic don’t even think about/of doing something don’t go doing something behold it won’t hurt you to do something chiromancy summing–up not to worry less of hurry up hold your horses hold that thought dry your eyes anecdotic can it sod off straight up on someone's case noncommittal touché direction read back sb up you haven’t lived shabash snap to it double bluff bel étage romantic piano nobile vamp brief contrivance cautionary tale creditable teleplay skit lesson process spelling monogatari saw ramble life lead story obscenity funny dreadful concoction symphonic ballet hysterical screenplay tradition fabula love story make something up amusing book clever narratee cock–and–bull story gallant have (or have grown) whiskers leading effect kiss and tell bodacious thick mansard metanarrative spin a yarn retelling carry regale personage overcoat relator press time scandalous drag one-shot lead-in angle eponymous tissue of lies follow-up tall tale/story concern follow–up strip cartoon lead with archetype cover up frame story sub-plot groaner goody corking Sayers source Robin Hood tale Algren convolute people wrinkle ear biographer recitation rancher newsbreak pad true–life Hawthorne chapter made-up fabulate fanciful unfold unstoried newsflash concept album out dine storier cook something up cook creation story establish fabrication respin Burroughs readable heavy epilogue come in reprint follow figment fairy story splatter spine-chiller sang retrace subject Stafford squib weave something into something Paley one Mansfield here Godwin allegorism amplify cliffhanger headline-grabbing graphic novel set programme music shazam tall story credibility crock humorous photonovel ragman-roll cartoon spicy giant order salty Canterbury tale illustrate killer scenarize point exciteful whopping Anderson a tissue of lies sounds good/great etc twice–told beat it augury bah advice clear out deceptive drop someone in it dictatorial I see what you mean cop hands off heads up give something a rest is that clear?/do I make myself clear? kiss my arse never mind no hard feelings more mind (out) proceed on your marks (be) careful ssh thank-you stop it/that coy say cheese apology very funny undeclared watch what you’re doing candour three cheers for dupe don't give up the day job! get out of my face! moralistic recap program file sad on/off one's back regulation who shall remain nameless mislead just so not on your life hop it get off your arse move/shift your arse pack in pull the other one (it’s got bells on) put a sock in it good thinking out with it dictation reference it’s/that’s/this is not funny go to hell go on regale with stop sign haruspication expense don’t hold your breath jobation cheeky monkey go and do something get your butt in/out of/over here denunciation cover for anecdotalist man-to-man just/wait a moment just I hear you shh cut out bossy-boots a likely story acknowledgment half-truth horror of horrors hang in there watch while you’re at it apostle read someone’s lips red flag serve save your breath who asked you? you don’t know/haven’t heard the half of it this minute blab the ball is in someone’s court that’s the spirit steady shoot shoo long–short story skip it stir stage direction reprimand prescription place flabbergast entertainer we all make mistakes watch yourself walk off unprompted time waits for no one argue run someone’s life where did you get that idea? your guess is as good as mine you wish yes that’s the idea thanks tell that/it to the Marines someone won’t bite timetable shit happens no way man overboard let me be the judge of that in a moment keep your mouth shut if you believe that, you’ll believe anything I’ll thank you to do something I’ll second that have a care hands up cop on hammer into hold the chilli/mustard/cream etc don’t mind someone (do you) understand? deception announcement back seat driver buzz off after horologe belying file cosmogony Fuchs drag up retread fabricate romancelet sex interest contignation salt weave garble word/rumor has it detective cook sth up human story start turn q.t. rime over-story whale talewise a pack of lies amplification family romance brush rib-tickling retail relater steep Roth Malamud London Irving magazine story Judith heartbreaker tradition/legend/myth holds (that) frame narrator Cheever it all began cable second-story man dramatize blood-and-thunder Arthuriana capture the headlines bloodthirsty likely gestour comical POE narrater nub kicker magazine blockhouse support twist buzzer take off zip it that will do rehearsal you’ll see to put it bluntly you have me there shame on you guard do sth off your own bat sleep tight gnomonic discussion get knotted! suit yourself bear out be be quiet be serious close, but no cigar cut the crap a boot/kick up the/your backside don’t encourage someone don’t panic shut your mouth/face feel free here comes someone got it in one gotcha get away from get back take a pew will do on at Scout's honour light entertainment never darken my door again no must you? nag nagging shut your face (or mouth or trap) ! pink slip breach of confidentiality pray plausible plug Song of the Three Holy Children resign don’t give me that funny man evasion hold tight I wasn’t born yesterday give it to someone straight give someone/something a chance drill into keep your shirt on kiss-off cogent pipe down correction preachy over my dead body wave (someone) off away with you silly be reliably informed/assured sortilege speak for yourself that makes two of us (the) word is that blabbermouth what are you waiting for? what/how/when etc do you expect...? you could have fooled me you’d better believe it whose side are you on? wind up scream the place down secretly run and do something push around candid walkies butt out think dare hold out as (far as) I recall

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Words For "story-telling"

As you've probably noticed, words for "story-telling" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "story-telling" are: narrative, narration, mime, the first person, and the third person. There are 994 other words that are related to or similar to story-telling listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "story-telling" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

About Reverse Dictionary

The way Reverse Dictionary works is pretty simple. It simply looks through tonnes of dictionary definitions and grabs the ones that most closely match your search query. For example, if you type something like "longing for a time in the past", then the engine will return "nostalgia". The engine has indexed several million definitions so far, and at this stage it's starting to give consistently good results (though it may return weird results sometimes). It acts a lot like a thesaurus except that it allows you to search with a definition, rather than a single word. So in a sense, this tool is a "search engine for words", or a sentence to word converter.

I made this tool after working on Related Words which is a very similar tool, except it uses a bunch of algorithms and multiple databases to find similar words to a search query. That project is closer to a thesaurus in the sense that it returns synonyms for a word (or short phrase) query, but it also returns many broadly related words that aren't included in thesauri. So this project, Reverse Dictionary, is meant to go hand-in-hand with Related Words to act as a word-finding and brainstorming toolset. For those interested, I also developed Describing Words which helps you find adjectives and interesting descriptors for things (e.g. waves, sunsets, trees, etc.).

In case you didn't notice, you can click on words in the search results and you'll be presented with the definition of that word (if available). The definitions are sourced from the famous and open-source WordNet database, so a huge thanks to the many contributors for creating such an awesome free resource.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: Elastic Search, @HubSpot, WordNet, and @mongodb.

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