noun
Meaning 1
A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: storywriter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: storywriter
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
storyteller
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noun
Meaning 2
A liar; a fibber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A game master, particularly in games focused on collaborative storytelling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: roleplaying games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
someone who tells a story
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: narrator, teller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
Narrower terms: anecdotist, raconteur, fabulist, griot
noun
Meaning 5
someone who tells lies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fibber, fabricator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liar, prevaricator
History
Etymology
From story + teller.
Across languages
Translations
154 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣ) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Arabic: قَصَّاصَة (qaṣṣāṣa) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Arabic: رَاوٍ (rāwin) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Arabic: رَاوِيَة (rāwiya) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Armenian: հեքիաթասաց (hekʻiatʻasacʻ) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: апавяда́ч (apavjadáč) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: апавяда́чка (apavjadáčka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: апавяда́льнік (apavjadálʹnik) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: апавяда́льніца (apavjadálʹnica) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: раска́зчык (raskázčyk) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: раска́зчыца (raskázčyca) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: раска́знік (raskáznik) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: раска́зніца (raskáznica) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: ка́зачнік (kázačnik) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: ка́зачніца (kázačnica) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: байка́р (bajkár) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: байка́рка (bajkárka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: ба́ечнік (báječnik) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Belarusian: ба́ечніца (báječnica) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Bulgarian: разказва́ч (razkazváč) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Bulgarian: разказва́чка (razkazváčka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Catalan: rondallaire — person who relates stories to an audience
- Catalan: contista — person who relates stories to an audience
- Chinese Mandarin: 故事員 /故事员 (gùshìyuán) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Czech: vypravěč — person who relates stories to an audience
- Czech: vypravěčka — person who relates stories to an audience
- Estonian: jutustaja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Estonian: jutuvestja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: kertoja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: tarinankertoja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: sadunkertoja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: satuseppä — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: tarinoitsija — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: jutunkertoja — person who relates stories to an audience
- French: conteur — person who relates stories to an audience
- French: conteuse — person who relates stories to an audience
- French: raconteur — person who relates stories to an audience
- French: raconteuse — person who relates stories to an audience
- Old French: jangleor — person who relates stories to an audience
- Old French: fableor — person who relates stories to an audience
- Old French: conteor — person who relates stories to an audience
- Georgian: მთხრობელი (mtxrobeli) — person who relates stories to an audience
- German: Erzähler — person who relates stories to an audience
- German: Erzählerin — person who relates stories to an audience
- German: Geschichtenerzähler — person who relates stories to an audience
- German: Geschichtenerzählerin — person who relates stories to an audience
- Hindi: कहानीकार (kahānīkār) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Hungarian: mesemondó — person who relates stories to an audience
- Hungarian: mesélő — person who relates stories to an audience
- Hungarian: elbeszélő — person who relates stories to an audience
- Indonesian: pengisah — person who relates stories to an audience
- Irish: scéalaí — person who relates stories to an audience
- Irish: seanchaí — person who relates stories to an audience
- Italian: cantastorie — person who relates stories to an audience
- Japanese: 語り部 (kataribe) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Japanese: ストーリーテラー (sutōrīterā) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Japanese: 語り手 (katarite) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Karelian: kertoja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Karelian: starinanšanoja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Karelian: starinoiččija — person who relates stories to an audience
- Korean: 이야기꾼 (iyagikkun) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Central Kurdish: چیرۆکبێژ (çîrokbêj) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Northern Kurdish: çîrokbêj — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latin: nuntius — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latin: fabulātor — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latin: memorātor — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latvian: stāstnieks — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latvian: stāstniece — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latvian: stāstītājs — person who relates stories to an audience
- Latvian: stāstītāja — person who relates stories to an audience
- Lithuanian: pasakotojas — person who relates stories to an audience
- Macedonian: раскажувач (raskažuvač) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Macedonian: раскажувачка (raskažuvačka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Manx: breagerey — person who relates stories to an audience
- Manx: shennaghee — person who relates stories to an audience
- Manx: skeealeragh — person who relates stories to an audience
- Manx: skeealerey — person who relates stories to an audience
- Manx: skeealleyder — person who relates stories to an audience
- Norwegian Bokmål: forteller — person who relates stories to an audience
- Persian: قصهگو (qesse-gu) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Persian: راوی (râvi) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: baj — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: bajarz — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: bajarka — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: bajacz — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: bajaczka — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: gawędziarz — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: gawędziarka — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: bajduła — person who relates stories to an audience
- Polish: bajkarz — person who relates stories to an audience
- Portuguese: narrador — person who relates stories to an audience
- Portuguese: contador de histórias — person who relates stories to an audience
- Romanian: povestitor — person who relates stories to an audience
- Romanian: povestitoare — person who relates stories to an audience
- Romanian: narator — person who relates stories to an audience
- Romanian: naratoare — person who relates stories to an audience
- Russian: расска́зчик (rasskázčik) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Russian: расска́зчица (rasskázčica) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Russian: ска́зочник (skázočnik) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Russian: ска́зочница (skázočnica) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scots: shenachie — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scots: talesman — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scottish Gaelic: seanchaidh — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scottish Gaelic: sgeuladair — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scottish Gaelic: sgeulaiche — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-seanchais — person who relates stories to an audience
- Scottish Gaelic: tadhg — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: приповѐда̄ч — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: приповјѐда̄ч — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: приповеда̀чица — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: приповједа̀чица — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovèdāč — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovjèdāč — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovedàčica — person who relates stories to an audience
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovjedàčica — person who relates stories to an audience
- Sicilian: canta-stori — person who relates stories to an audience
- Sicilian: cunta-stori — person who relates stories to an audience
- Slovak: rozprávač — person who relates stories to an audience
- Slovak: rozprávačka — person who relates stories to an audience
- Slovene: pripovedovalec — person who relates stories to an audience
- Slovene: pripovedovalka — person who relates stories to an audience
- Spanish: cuentista — person who relates stories to an audience
- Spanish: narrador — person who relates stories to an audience
- Swedish: berättare — person who relates stories to an audience
- Telugu: కథకుడు (kathakuḍu) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Thai: ผู้เล่าเรื่อง (pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Thai: ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Turkish: masalcı — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: оповіда́ч (opovidáč) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: опові́дач (opovídač) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: оповіда́чка (opovidáčka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: опові́дачка (opovídačka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: розповіда́ч (rozpovidáč) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: розпові́дач (rozpovídač) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: розповіда́чка (rozpovidáčka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: розпові́дачка (rozpovídačka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: казка́р (kazkár) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Ukrainian: казка́рка (kazkárka) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Welsh: storïwr — person who relates stories to an audience
- Yiddish: דערציילער (dertseyler) — person who relates stories to an audience
- Finnish: satuilija — liar
- Finnish: satusetä — liar
- Polish: bajarz — liar
- Polish: bajarka — liar
- Russian: вы́думщик (výdumščik) — liar
- Russian: вы́думщица (výdumščica) — liar
- Russian: ска́зочник (skázočnik) — liar
- Russian: ска́зочница (skázočnica) — liar
- Sicilian: ciraulu — liar
- Turkish: masalcı — liar
- Turkish: palavracı — liar
- Finnish: tarinankertoja — gamemaster in storytelling games
- Polish: narrator — gamemaster in storytelling games
- Polish: narratorka — gamemaster in storytelling games
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