Meanings
nounstoryteller (plural storytellers)
plural storytellers · alternative story-teller
- A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.
Near-synonym: storywriter
1 more example
"Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard," said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.
1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's WebSynonyms: storywriter
- roleplaying gamesA game master, particularly in games focused on collaborative storytelling.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.
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Translations
Arabic قَصَّاص, قَصَّاصَة
- قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣ)person who relates stories to an audience
- قَصَّاصَة (qaṣṣāṣa)person who relates stories to an audience
- رَاوٍ (rāwin)person who relates stories to an audience
- رَاوِيَة (rāwiya)person who relates stories to an audience
Bulgarian разказва́ч, разказва́чка
- разказва́ч (razkazváč)person who relates stories to an audience
- разказва́чка (razkazváčka)person who relates stories to an audience
Catalan rondallaire, contista
- rondallaireperson who relates stories to an audience
- contistaperson who relates stories to an audience
Chinese Mandarin 故事員 /故事员
- 故事員 /故事员 (gùshìyuán)person who relates stories to an audience
Czech vypravěč, vypravěčka
- vypravěčperson who relates stories to an audience
- vypravěčkaperson who relates stories to an audience
Estonian jutustaja, jutuvestja
- jutustajaperson who relates stories to an audience
- jutuvestjaperson who relates stories to an audience
Finnish kertoja, tarinankertoja
- kertojaperson who relates stories to an audience
- tarinankertojaperson who relates stories to an audience
- sadunkertojaperson who relates stories to an audience
- satuseppäperson who relates stories to an audience
- tarinoitsijaperson who relates stories to an audience
- jutunkertojaperson who relates stories to an audience
- satuilijaliar
- satusetäliar
- tarinankertojagamemaster in storytelling games
French conteur, conteuse
- conteurperson who relates stories to an audience
- conteuseperson who relates stories to an audience
- raconteurperson who relates stories to an audience
- raconteuseperson who relates stories to an audience
German Erzähler, Erzählerin
- Erzählerperson who relates stories to an audience
- Erzählerinperson who relates stories to an audience
- Geschichtenerzählerperson who relates stories to an audience
- Geschichtenerzählerinperson who relates stories to an audience
Hindi कहानीकार
- कहानीकार (kahānīkār)person who relates stories to an audience
Hungarian mesemondó, mesélő
- mesemondóperson who relates stories to an audience
- mesélőperson who relates stories to an audience
- elbeszélőperson who relates stories to an audience
Indonesian pengisah
- pengisahperson who relates stories to an audience
Irish scéalaí, seanchaí
- scéalaíperson who relates stories to an audience
- seanchaíperson who relates stories to an audience
Italian cantastorie
- cantastorieperson who relates stories to an audience
Japanese 語り部, ストーリーテラー
- 語り部 (kataribe)person who relates stories to an audience
- ストーリーテラー (sutōrīterā)person who relates stories to an audience
- 語り手 (katarite)person who relates stories to an audience
Korean 이야기꾼
- 이야기꾼 (iyagikkun)person who relates stories to an audience
Latin nuntius, fabulātor
- nuntiusperson who relates stories to an audience
- fabulātorperson who relates stories to an audience
- memorātorperson who relates stories to an audience
Latvian stāstnieks, stāstniece
- stāstnieksperson who relates stories to an audience
- stāstnieceperson who relates stories to an audience
- stāstītājsperson who relates stories to an audience
- stāstītājaperson who relates stories to an audience
Lithuanian pasakotojas
- pasakotojasperson who relates stories to an audience
Norwegian Bokmål forteller
- fortellerperson who relates stories to an audience
Persian قصهگو, راوی
- قصهگو (qesse-gu)person who relates stories to an audience
- راوی (râvi)person who relates stories to an audience
Polish baj, bajarz
- bajperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajarzperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajarkaperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajaczperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajaczkaperson who relates stories to an audience
- gawędziarzperson who relates stories to an audience
- gawędziarkaperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajdułaperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajkarzperson who relates stories to an audience
- bajarzliar
- bajarkaliar
- narratorgamemaster in storytelling games
Portuguese narrador, contador de histórias
- narradorperson who relates stories to an audience
- contador de históriasperson who relates stories to an audience
Romanian povestitor, povestitoare
- povestitorperson who relates stories to an audience
- povestitoareperson who relates stories to an audience
- naratorperson who relates stories to an audience
- naratoareperson who relates stories to an audience
Russian расска́зчик, расска́зчица
- расска́зчик (rasskázčik)person who relates stories to an audience
- расска́зчица (rasskázčica)person who relates stories to an audience
- ска́зочник (skázočnik)person who relates stories to an audience
- ска́зочница (skázočnica)person who relates stories to an audience
- вы́думщик (výdumščik)liar
- вы́думщица (výdumščica)liar
- ска́зочник (skázočnik)liar
- ска́зочница (skázočnica)liar
Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, sgeuladair
- seanchaidhperson who relates stories to an audience
- sgeuladairperson who relates stories to an audience
- sgeulaicheperson who relates stories to an audience
- neach-seanchaisperson who relates stories to an audience
- tadhgperson who relates stories to an audience
Slovak rozprávač, rozprávačka
- rozprávačperson who relates stories to an audience
- rozprávačkaperson who relates stories to an audience
Spanish cuentista, narrador
- cuentistaperson who relates stories to an audience
- narradorperson who relates stories to an audience
Swedish berättare
- berättareperson who relates stories to an audience
Thai ผู้เล่าเรื่อง, ผู้บรรยาย
- ผู้เล่าเรื่อง (pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang)person who relates stories to an audience
- ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai)person who relates stories to an audience
Turkish masalcı, masalcı
- masalcıperson who relates stories to an audience
- masalcıliar
- palavracıliar
Ukrainian оповіда́ч, опові́дач
- оповіда́ч (opovidáč)person who relates stories to an audience
- опові́дач (opovídač)person who relates stories to an audience
- оповіда́чка (opovidáčka)person who relates stories to an audience
- опові́дачка (opovídačka)person who relates stories to an audience
- розповіда́ч (rozpovidáč)person who relates stories to an audience
- розпові́дач (rozpovídač)person who relates stories to an audience
- розповіда́чка (rozpovidáčka)person who relates stories to an audience
- розпові́дачка (rozpovídačka)person who relates stories to an audience
- казка́р (kazkár)person who relates stories to an audience
- казка́рка (kazkárka)person who relates stories to an audience
Welsh storïwr
- storïwrperson who relates stories to an audience
Yiddish דערציילער
- דערציילער (dertseyler)person who relates stories to an audience
Cite this entry
APA
storyteller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storyteller
MLA
“storyteller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storyteller. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storyteller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storyteller.
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