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APOLOGUE Synonyms

There are 6 synonyms of the word apologue. (exact relations)
There are 11 hypernyms of the word apologue. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for APOLOGUE

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allegory
nounn
noun

• a short moral story (often with animal characters)

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

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

anecdote
nounn
noun

• short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

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

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

Best Hypernyms For APOLOGUE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for apologue, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (11)
story allegory anecdote fable folklore legend myth narrative parable tale yarn

Alternatives for ALLEGORY

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