| anecdote definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | short account of event | 152 sets |
| 2 | a short account of an incident in someone's life | 85 sets |
| 3 | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | 77 sets |
| 4 | short story of an amusing or interesting event | 57 sets |
| 5 | short, usually funny account of an event | 50 sets |
| 6 | a short account of an incident | 33 sets |
| 7 | short account of an amusing or interesting event | 32 sets |
| 8 | a short account of a humorous or revealing incident | 27 sets |
| 9 | (n.) a short account of an incident in someone's life | 24 sets |
| 10 | a brief account of some interesting event or incident. | 22 sets |
| 11 | story | 22 sets |
| 12 | a brief story or incident | 22 sets |
| 13 | a story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point. | 19 sets |
| 14 | (n) a short account of an incident in someone's life | 18 sets |
| 15 | n. a brief account of some interesting event or incident. | 17 sets |
| 16 | short account of an event | 16 sets |
| 17 | a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. | 16 sets |
| 18 | a short entertaining story | 16 sets |
| 19 | a brief amusing story | 15 sets |
| 20 | a short story | 15 sets |
| 21 | a short narrative | 15 sets |
| 22 | a short, humorous account | 15 sets |
| 23 | a very brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something. | 14 sets |
| 24 | a short account of an interesting event | 14 sets |
| 25 | n. a brief story, oft. humorous | 14 sets |
| 26 | short story | 13 sets |
| 27 | n. short account of an amusing or interesting event | 13 sets |
| 28 | a short story with a point | 12 sets |
| 29 | a short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 12 sets |
| 30 | a brief, humorous story | 12 sets |
| 31 | brief story of an interesting or amusing incident | 11 sets |
| 32 | a short, entertaining story | 11 sets |
| 33 | a short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 11 sets |
| 34 | a brief story, oft. humorous | 10 sets |
| 35 | a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event | 10 sets |
| 36 | an entertaining short story about an event | 10 sets |
| 37 | a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical | 10 sets |
| 38 | a brief story told to illustrate a point | 10 sets |
| 39 | a brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing biographical or historical details | 10 sets |
| 40 | a short account of an interesting event. | 9 sets |