ALLEGORY Synonyms
There are 13 hypernyms of the word allegory. (close relations)
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| emblem | nounn | |||||
noun • special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. • a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | ||||||
| fable | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | ||||||
| parable | nounn | |||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message | ||||||
| analogy | nounn | |||||
noun • an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others • drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect • the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate | ||||||
| metaphor | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | ||||||
| moral | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles noun • the significance of a story or event adjective satellite • psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect | ||||||
| narrative | nounn | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program adjective satellite • consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | ||||||
| story | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program • a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events • a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale • a record or narrative description of past events • a short account of the news • a trivial lie | ||||||
| symbolism | nounn | |||||
noun • a system of symbols and symbolic representations • the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning • an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images | ||||||
| tale | nounn | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program • a trivial lie | ||||||
| apologue | nounn | |||||
noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) | ||||||
