All nonfiction synonyms

noun nonfiction

• opus — a musical composition.
• periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
• portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
• primer — the most flourishing stage or state.
• quarto — a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
• reader — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
• reprint — to print again; print a new impression of.
• roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
• scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
• speller — a person who spells words.
• thesaurus — a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, such as the online Thesaurus.com.
• tract — a brief treatise or pamphlet for general distribution, usually on a religious or political topic.
• treatise — a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
• opuscule — a small or minor work.
• preprint — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
• vade mecum — something a person carries about for frequent or regular use.
• written — a past participle of write.
• composition — When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
• speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
• story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• storey — story2 .
• book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
• exposition — A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
• talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
• account — If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
• news — netnews
• adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
• anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
• article — An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
• autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
• biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
• comedy — Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh.
• description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
• drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
• fable — a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
• fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
• feature — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
• history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
• information — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
• legend — a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
• memoir — a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
• myth — a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
• narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
• record — to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote.
• report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• tragedy — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
• version — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
• allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.