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"reports" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "novels":{ "as in stories , tales":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anecdotes", "anecdota", "narratives", "stories", "tales", "yarns", "fables", "fabrications", "fantasies", "phantasies", "fictions", "figments", "inventions", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "fibs", "lies", "mendacities", "misrepresentations", "prevarications", "untruths", "whoppers", "make-believe" ], "near antonyms":[ "facts", "materialities", "realities", "actualities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in pulps , novelettes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "novelettes", "pulps", "monographs", "primers", "textbooks", "texts", "tracts", "treatises", "albums", "almanacs", "anthologies", "casebooks", "chapbooks", "omnibuses", "picture books", "catalogs", "catalogues", "cyclopedias", "cyclopaedias", "dictionaries", "encyclopedias", "guidebooks", "handbooks", "how-tos", "manuals", "folios", "quartos", "hardbacks", "hardcovers", "paperbacks", "paperbounds", "papers", "pocket books", "pocket editions", "softbacks", "softcovers", "trade books", "trade editions", "books", "tomes", "volumes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "novelle":{ "a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{ "examples":[ "pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works" ], "synonyms":[ "narratives", "novelettes", "short stories", "stories", "tales", "yarns" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedtime stories", "exempla", "fables", "parables", "anecdotes", "anecdota", "jokes", "fairy tales", "folktales", "legends", "myths", "romances", "accounts", "annals", "chronicles", "histories", "records", "reports" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "novel":{ "as in story , tale":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anecdote", "narrative", "story", "tale", "yarn", "fable", "fabrication", "fantasy", "phantasy", "fiction", "figment", "invention", "fairy tale", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "lie", "mendacity", "misrepresentation", "prevarication", "untruth", "whopper", "make-believe" ], "near antonyms":[ "fact", "materiality", "reality", "actuality", "realness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in pulp , novelette":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "novelette", "pulp", "monograph", "primer", "text", "textbook", "tract", "treatise", "album", "almanac", "anthology", "casebook", "chapbook", "omnibus", "picture book", "catalog", "catalogue", "cyclopedia", "cyclopaedia", "dictionary", "encyclopedia", "guidebook", "handbook", "how-to", "manual", "folio", "quarto", "hardback", "hardcover", "paper", "paperback", "paperbound", "pocket book", "pocket edition", "softback", "softcover", "trade book", "trade edition", "book", "tome", "volume" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "not known or experienced before":{ "examples":[ "that's a novel idea for a TV series" ], "synonyms":[ "fresh", "new", "original", "strange", "unaccustomed", "unfamiliar", "unheard-of", "unknown", "unprecedented" ], "near synonyms":[ "innovative", "unique", "nontraditional", "unconventional", "untried", "unused", "unworn", "pathbreaking", "pioneering", "trailblazing" ], "near antonyms":[ "conventional", "established", "traditional", "tried", "tried-and-true", "derivative", "imitative" ], "antonyms":[ "familiar", "hackneyed", "old", "time-honored", "tired", "warmed-over" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "novelty":{ "the quality or appeal of being new":{ "examples":[ "the novelty of having a cat wore off after the first time I had to change the litter box" ], "synonyms":[ "freshness", "newness", "originality" ], "near synonyms":[ "hipness", "trendiness", "bizarreness", "strangeness", "unfamiliarity", "unusualness", "progressiveness", "currentness", "recentness", "up-to-dateness", "departure", "divergence", "innovation", "offshoot", "shoot" ], "near 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"figurine", "objet d'art", "objet", "ornament", "keepsake", "memento", "souvenir", "conversation piece", "collectible", "collectable", "collector's item" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "novelettes":{ "a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{ "examples":[ "bought a collection of his novels and novelettes" ], "synonyms":[ "narratives", "novellas", "novelle", "short stories", "stories", "tales", "yarns" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedtime stories", "exempla", "fables", "parables", "anecdotes", "anecdota", "jokes", "fairy tales", "folktales", "legends", "myths", "romances", "accounts", "annals", "chronicles", "histories", "records", "reports" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "novelties":{ "small useful items":{ "examples":[ "travel kits filled with small bars of soap, a folding toothbrush, and other novelties" ], "synonyms":[ "etceteras", "notion", "odds and ends", "sundries" ], 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"wordmongers", "prosaists", "prosateurs", "prosers", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "bards", "poets", "rhymers", "versifiers", "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "novelist":{ "as in storyteller , fabulist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fabulist", "fictioneer", "fictionist", "romancer", "storyteller", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist", "biographer", "hagiographer", "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "scriptwriter", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "prosaist", "prosateur", "proser", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "bard", "poet", "rhymer", "versifier", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }