mystery story

1. 1.

   a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

   Synonymsmysterywhodunit

   Broaderstory

   Narrowerdetective storymurder mystery

Questions about mystery story

What does mystery story mean?

mystery story means "a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie".

What is another word for mystery story?

Close synonyms include mystery, whodunit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mystery story a common word?

mystery story is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.