Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun episode

4 senses of episode

Sense 1
episode -- (a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events)
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)

Sense 2
episode -- (a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series)
       => section, subdivision -- (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section")

Sense 3
episode, installment, instalment -- (a part of a broadcast serial)
       => broadcast, program, programme -- (a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?")

Sense 4
sequence, episode -- (film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie)
       => film, photographic film -- (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)