narrated
Voiced the story
Narrated is the past tense of narrate, meaning to tell a story or provide commentary over visuals.
A novel is narrated by its narrator; a documentary is narrated by whoever speaks over the footage: The film was narrated by Morgan Freeman.
She narrated the events of that night in detail.
Narrated past events
- describedRepresented in language
- relatedConnected by blood or nature
- conveyedTransferred or expressed
- reportedCommunicated formally
explained · stated · declared · announced · voiced · revealed · disclosed · communicated
Communicated verbally
- spunRotated rapidly
- woveInterlaced threads formerly
- unfoldedOpened from folds
- dramatizedRendered for stage
embellished · recited · performed · fireside · oral tradition · folktale · fable · legend
Off-screen recorded speech
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- explainedMade something understandable
- guidedLed with assistance
- accompaniedWent along with someone
footage · wildlife · nature · historical · presenter · host · David Attenborough · Morgan Freeman
Captured for posterity
- voicedExpressed in speech
- performedDid as required
- read aloudSpeak written words
- unabridgedNot shortened or condensed
abridged · chapter · playback · voice actor · listening · audible · spoken word · audio drama
recounted
Narrated past events
reported · explained · stated · declared · announced · voiced · revealed · disclosed · communicated · articulated
told
Communicated verbally
dramatized · embellished · recited · performed · fireside · oral tradition · folktale · fable · legend · myth
voiceover
Off-screen recorded speech
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- explainedMade something understandable
- guidedLed with assistance
accompanied · footage · wildlife · nature · historical · presenter · host · David Attenborough · Morgan Freeman · Ken Burns
recorded
Captured for posterity
- voicedExpressed in speech
- performedDid as required
- read aloudSpeak written words
unabridged · abridged · chapter · playback · voice actor · listening · audible · spoken word · audio drama · storytelling
- speech verbssaid, says, asked, answered, replied
- documentary typesdocumentaries, cinema verite, observational, fly on the wall, expository
- performance verbsacted, sang, danced, played, recited
- kept goingcontinued, lasted, persisted, endured, carried on
narratedunnarrated
Without spoken overlay
silent · wordless · uncommented · mute · voiceless
narratedshown
Made visible or apparent
enacted · dramatized · demonstrated · depicted · visualized
- narrative poemStory told in verse
- personal narrativeSelf-told life account
- third-person narrationStorytelling from outside perspective
- first-person narrativesStories told as "I"
- change the narrative
- narrative arcStory's overall shape
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