Home › Words › S › substorysubstorysubstory means A story (narrative) making up part of a larger story.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, substory ranks #10,057 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + story.nounA story (narrative) making up part of a larger story.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.subnarrative 81% match — A narrative making up part of a larger narrative. vs substory →subhistory 68% match — A history (sequence of events or actions) making up part of a larger history. vs substory →storyline 67% match — The plot of a story; one of several within a story, usually interwoven. vs substory →submyth 64% match — A myth making up part of a larger myth. vs substory →metastory 64% match — An overarching story having other stories embedded within it. vs substory →subarchive 62% match — An archive forming part of a larger archive. vs substory →subfeature 61% match — A feature that makes up part of a larger feature. vs substory →subtheory 61% match — A theory forming part of a larger theory. vs substory →