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'
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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
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