storyteller

/ˌstɔriˈtɛlər/

/ˈstɔritɛlə/

Other forms: storytellers

Definitions of storyteller

1. noun

   someone who tells a story
   synonyms: narrator, teller

   types:

   anecdotist, raconteur

   a person skilled in telling anecdotes

   fabulist

   a person who tells or invents fables

   griot

   a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village

   speaker

   the narrative voice of a poem (as distinct from the poet)

   type of:

   speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

   someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
2. noun

   someone who tells lies
   synonyms: fabricator, fibber

   type of:

   liar, prevaricator

   a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly