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

3 senses of scenario

Sense 1
scenario -- (an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work))
       => script, book, playscript -- (a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance)

Sense 2
scenario -- (a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror")
       => setting, scene -- (the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story")

Sense 3
scenario -- (a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack")
       => premise, premiss, assumption -- (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play")