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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'allegory' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fable, parable, allegory, apologue
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Synonyms: legend, fabrication, allegory, emblem, parable, apologue, fiction, fable

2. (noun) emblem, allegory
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Synonyms: allegory, parable, fable, emblem, apologue

3. (noun) allegory
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
Synonyms: fable, parable, emblem, apologue


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'allegory' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. allegory
In modern usage we may say that an allegory is an extended simile, while a metaphor is an abbreviated simile contained often in a phrase, perhaps in a word. The simile carries its compariso
Synonyms: allegory, fable, fiction, illustration, metaphor, parable, simile
Antonyms: chronicle, fact, history, narrative, record


'allegory' - Nearby Entries  

allegoriser  allegorize  allegorizer  allegory  allegretto  allegro con spirito  allegro  



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