storyteller

[ stawr-ee-tel-er, stohr- ]

noun

1. a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
2. a person who tells more or less trivial falsehoods; fibber.

storyteller

/ ˈstɔːrɪˌtɛlə /

noun

1. a person who tells stories
2. informal.
   a liar

Derived Forms

• ˈstoryˌtelling, nounadjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of storyteller¹

1700–10; story ¹ + teller ( def )

Related Words

• chronicler
• narrator
• poet
• raconteur