ALLEGORY Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the word allegory. (exact relations)
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)

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