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/ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/ · noun
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting..
tell an anecdote
relate a short anecdote
Like all travellers, he is full of anecdote, and has at his command the rarest news of the time. […] Generous, convivial, and full of anecdote, the mercantile agent is a good companion, and his conversation never fails to make glad and jocund the society of that otherwise dullest of places, an English stage coach.
They were all men of the same set, knowing one another intimately, and knowing the same people; so they fell to talking and anecdoting in such pleasant wise that dinner-time approached […]
Bob anecdoted the circus he and Jimmy had seen that afternoon.
Use anecdote when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anecdote means A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
tell an anecdote
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