All potboiler synonyms

noun potboiler

• narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
• counterword — a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
• chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• musical — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
• counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific
• curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
• fiction — works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction.
• cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
• nonfiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
• clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
• folktale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
• counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
• bestseller — A bestseller is a book of which a great number of copies has been sold.
• novel — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
• grabber — a person or thing that grabs.
• novelette — a brief novel or long short story.
• chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
• folktales — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
• novella — a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
• hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
• frolic — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
• corn — Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants.
• conte — a tale or short story, esp of adventure
• yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
• cliche — A cliché is an idea or phrase which has been used so much that it is no longer interesting or effective or no longer has much meaning.