storyteller

B1
US /ˈstɔriːˌtɛlɝ/
noun Freq #22944

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

    Near-synonym: storywriter

  2. 2
    noun

    A liar; a fibber.

    There was once upon a time a king, who had a daughter, and she was such an awful story-teller, that you couldn't find a greater anywhere.

  3. 3
    noun

    someone who tells a story

  4. 4
    noun

    someone who tells lies

  5. 5
    noun

    A game master, particularly in games focused on collaborative storytelling.

Etymology

From story + teller.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who relates... storywriter
3 noun · someone who tells a story narrator
4 noun · someone who tells lies fabricatorfibber
Word family
Derived forms st
Related forms storybookstorylinesstorytelling

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