Meanings
nounnarrator (plural narrators)
plural narrators
- One who narrates or tells stories.
Synonyms: storyteller
- human sciencesThe person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
- broadcastingThe person providing the voice-over in a documentary.
Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who narrates or tells stories.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀφηγητής
- ἀφηγητής (aphēgētḗs)in story
Arabic رَاوٍ, رَاوِيَة
- رَاوٍ (rāwin)in story
- رَاوِيَة (rāwiya)in story
- حَاكٍ (ḥākin)in story
- حَكَّاء (ḥakkāʔ)in story
- قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣ)in story
- قَصَّاصَة (qaṣṣāṣa)in story
- رَاوٍ (rāwin)in film and television
- رَاوِيَة (rāwiya)in film and television
- مُذِيع (muḏīʕ)in film and television
- مُذِيعَة (muḏīʕa)in film and television
Bulgarian разказва́ч, разказва́чка
- разказва́ч (razkazváč)in story
- разказва́чка (razkazváčka)in story
- говори́тел (govorítel)in film and television
- говори́телка (govorítelka)in film and television
Catalan narrador, narrador
- narradorin story
- narradorin film and television
Chinese Mandarin 敘述者 /叙述者, 講述者 /讲述者
- 敘述者 /叙述者 (xùshùzhě)in story
- 講述者 /讲述者 (jiǎngshùzhě)in story
- 解說員 /解说员 (jiěshuōyuán)in film and television
- 主持人 (zhǔchírén)in film and television
- 播音員 /播音员 (bōyīnyuán)in film and television
- 主播 (zhǔbō)in film and television
Czech vypravěč, vypravěčka
- vypravěčin story
- vypravěčkain story
Danish fortæller, fortæller
- fortællerin story
- fortællerin film and television
Dutch verteller, vertelster
- vertellerin story
- vertelsterin story
- vertellerin film and television
- vertelsterin film and television
Esperanto rakontanto, rakontanto
- rakontantoin story
- rakontantoin film and television
Estonian jutustaja, jutuvestja
- jutustajain story
- jutuvestjain story
Finnish kertoja, kertoja
- kertojain story
- kertojain film and television
French narrateur, narratrice
- narrateurin story
- narratricein story
- narrateurin film and television
- narratricein film and television
German Erzähler, Erzählerin
- Erzählerin story
- Erzählerinin story
Greek αφηγητής, αφηγήτρια
- αφηγητής (afigitís)in story
- αφηγήτρια (afigítria)in story
- αφηγητής (afigitís)in film and television
- αφηγήτρια (afigítria)in film and television
Hebrew קַרְיָן
- קַרְיָן (karyán)in film and television
Hindi कथावाचक, रावी
- कथावाचक (kathāvācak)in story
- रावी (rāvī)in story
- अनाउन्सार (anāunsār)in film and television
Hungarian elbeszélő, mesemondó
- elbeszélőin story
- mesemondóin story
- mesélőin story
- narrátorin film and television
Icelandic sögumaður, sögumaður
- sögumaðurin story
- sögumaðurin film and television
Italian narratore, narratrice
- narratorein story
- narratricein story
- narratorein film and television
- narratricein film and television
Japanese 語り手, ナレーター
- 語り手 (katarite)in story
- ナレーター (narētā)in story
- 語り部 (kataribe)in story
- 解説者 (kaisetsusha)in story
- ナレーター (narētā)in film and television
Korean 이야기꾼, 내레이터
- 이야기꾼 (iyagikkun)in story
- 내레이터 (naereiteo)in story
- 이야기하는 사람 (iyagihaneun saram)in story
- 해설자 (haeseolja)in story
- 내레이터 (naereiteo)in film and television
- 이야기하는 사람 (iyagihaneun saram)in film and television
Latvian stāstītājs, stāstītāja
- stāstītājsin story
- stāstītājain story
- stāstnieksin story
- stāstniecein story
Malay pengisah, narator
- pengisahin story
- naratorin story
- pengarangin story
- penceritain story
- penceritain film and television
- pengarangin film and television
- pengisahin film and television
- naratorin film and television
Māori kaitaki kōrero, wahataki
- kaitaki kōreroin story
- wahatakiin story
- wahatakiin film and television
Norwegian Bokmål forteller, forteller
- fortellerin story
- fortellerin film and television
- stemmein film and television
Polish narrator, narratorka
- narratorin story
- narratorkain story
- bajin story
- lektorin film and television
- lektorkain film and television
Portuguese narrador, narrador
- narradorin story
- narradorin film and television
Romanian narator, naratoare
- naratorin story
- naratoarein story
- naratorin film and television
Russian расска́зчик, расска́зчица
- расска́зчик (rasskázčik)in story
- расска́зчица (rasskázčica)in story
- повествова́тель (povestvovátelʹ)in story
- повествова́тельница (povestvovátelʹnica)in story
- нарра́тор (narrátor)in story
- ди́ктор (díktor)in film and television
- ди́кторша (díktorša)in film and television
Slovak rozprávač, rozprávačka
- rozprávačin story
- rozprávačkain story
Spanish narrador, narrador
- narradorin story
- narradorin film and television
Swedish berättare
- berättarein story
Thai ผู้บรรยาย, ผู้เล่าเรื่อง
- ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai)in story
- ผู้เล่าเรื่อง (pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang)in story
- ผู้ประกาศ (pûu-bprà-gàat)in film and television
Turkish anlatıcı, anlatıcı
- anlatıcıin story
- anlatıcıin film and television
Ukrainian оповіда́ч, опові́дач
- оповіда́ч (opovidáč)in story
- опові́дач (opovídač)in story
- оповіда́чка (opovidáčka)in story
- опові́дачка (opovídačka)in story
- розповіда́ч (rozpovidáč)in story
- розпові́дач (rozpovídač)in story
- розповіда́чка (rozpovidáčka)in story
- розпові́дачка (rozpovídačka)in story
- ди́ктор (dýktor)in film and television
- ди́кторка (dýktorka)in film and television
Urdu راوی, داسْتان گو
- راوی (rāvī)in story
- داسْتان گو (dāstān go)in story
- قِصَّہ گو (qissa go)in story
Vietnamese người dẫn chuyện
- người dẫn chuyệnin story
Yiddish דערציילער
- דערציילער (dertseyler)in story
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with narrator
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APA
narrator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narrator
MLA
“narrator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narrator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narrator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narrator.
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