anecdote
nounHow many syllables in anecdote?
There are 3 syllables in the word anecdote.How to pronounce anecdote:
Definition of anecdote:
- anecdote (noun):
- a short amusing account of an incident
- short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).
- a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
Synonyms for anecdote:
incident
reminiscence
report
short story
sketch
story
tale
urban legend
urban myth
yarn
Antonyms for anecdote:
documentary
fact
factuality
materiality
non-fiction
nonfiction
real life
realism
reality
the real world
truth
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- Diogenes
- earth mother
- quantity
- ecstatic
- salable
- suddenly
- constricting
- Ximena
- unfocused
- obfuscate
- axolotl
- extinguish
- gingerly
- sufficient
- hostelry
- attorney
- subtleties
- hairdresser
- bizarre
- emphasize
- diagraph
- accorded
- casefy
- admitting
- poverty
- acosmist
- homesick
- daresay
- well-mannered
- aerobics
- unprovoked
- summarized
- inhabit
- honesty
- tyranny
- covetous
- badminton
- prentices
- parable
- abysmal
- idleness
- climbable
- overdone
- hastiness
- edify
- Afrikaans
- saturate
- maverick
- whichever
- subtraction
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