narrator
Syllables: nar·rat·orUK/nəˈɹeɪ.tə//ˈnæˌɹeɪ.təɹ/
narrator noun: one who narrates or tells stories.
Noun
narrator (plural narrators)
- One who narrates or tells stories.
- Synonyms:
- storyteller
- The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
- The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.
- Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.
narrator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
narrator in Hindi
- in story
- कथावाचक kathāvācak, रावी rāvī
- in film and television
- अनाउन्सार anāunsār
narrator in Tamil
- நிகழ்ச்சியுரையாளர், கதை கூறுபவர், விவரிப்பவர், வர்ணனையாளர், சொல்லி, கதைசொல்லி
narrator in Marathi
- कथावाचक
narrator in Urdu
- in story
- راوی rāvī, داسْتان گو dāstān go, قِصَّہ گو qissa go
More languagesFewer languages
- narrator in Bengali
- বর্ণনাকারী, কথক
- narrator in Telugu
- కథకుడు, కథనకర్త, కథనకారుడు
- narrator in Malayalam
- ആഖ്യാതാവ്, കഥാകാരൻ, കഥപറയുന്നവൻ, കാഥികൻ
- narrator in Kannada
- ನಿರೂಪಕ, ವಿವರಣೆ ನೀಡುವವನು, ಕಥೆ ಹೇಳುವವನು, ಹೇಳುಗ
- narrator in Punjabi
- ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤਕਾਰ, ਕਥਾਵਾਚਕ
- narrator in Gujarati
- વાર્તાકાર, કથાવાચક
- narrator in Sanskrit
- आख्यातृ ākhyātṛ
- narrator in Nepali
- कथावाचक
- narrator in Arabic
- رَاوٍ rāwin, رَاوِيَة rāwiya, حَاكٍ ḥākin, حَكَّاء ḥakkāʔ
- narrator in Malay
- pengisah, narator, pengarang, pencerita
- narrator in Thai
- ผู้บรรยาย pûu-ban-yaai, ผู้เล่าเรื่อง pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang, ผู้ประกาศ pûu-bprà-gàat
- narrator in Vietnamese
- người dẫn chuyện
Examples of narrator in a sentence
- He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
- The storyline in the film “The Usual Suspects” is presented from the point of view of an unreliable narrator.
- Like the waltzer, the narrator in “A Telephone Call” is her own worst enemy.
Synonyms of narrator
Forms of narrator
| plural | narrators |
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Origin of narrator
From narrate + -or, from Latin narrātor. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -or.
Words formed from narrator
Words that rhyme with narrator
- translator
- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
- 'mater
Questions about narrator
- What does narrator mean?
- Narrator means one who narrates or tells stories.
- What is narrator in Hindi?
- Narrator in Hindi is कथावाचक (kathāvācak), रावी (rāvī), अनाउन्सार (anāunsār). See Narrator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is narrator?
- Narrator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce narrator?
- Narrator is pronounced /nəˈɹeɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of narrator?
- The plural of narrator is narrators.
Words near narrator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: narrator (page history and authors); narrator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); narrator (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narrator (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); narrator (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narrator (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); narrator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); narrator (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); narrator (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); आख्यातृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); narrator (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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