Definition for Allegory:

• Allegorize.

Synonyms for Allegory:

• n.

  •
  • classic,
  • drama,
  • allegorical representation,
  • adaptation.
  •
  • device,
  • dialog,
  • establish.
  •allegory (noun)
  • emblem,
  • fable,
  • parable,
  • apologue.
  •communication (noun)
  • allegory.
  •comparison (noun)
  • comparison,
  • similarity,
  • metaphor,
  • simile,
  • parallel,
  • analogy.
  •fable (noun)
  • old saw,
  • fairy story,
  • one for bird,
  • figment,
  • fairy stories,
  • hogwash,
  • tall story,
  • one for birds,
  • un-truth,
  • one for the birds,
  • old saws,
  • romance,
  • bestiary,
  • un truths,
  • un-truths,
  • old chestnuts,
  • one for the bird,
  • un truth,
  • tall stories,
  • old chestnut,
  • bestiaries.
  •fictitious story, often ancient (noun)
  • myth.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • onomatopoeia,
  • Tropology,
  • apostrophes,
  • apostrophe,
  • turn of phrase,
  • manner of speaking,
  • tropes,
  • way of speaking,
  • aposiopesis,
  • synecdoche,
  • anaphora,
  • proteron,
  • malapropisms,
  • alliteration,
  • metonymies,
  • oxymora,
  • ellipsis,
  • oxymoron,
  • antistrophe,
  • echoism,
  • communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
  • Ellipses,
  • Asyndeton,
  • adumbration,
  • malapropism,
  • litotes,
  • alliterations,
  • metonymy,
  • onomatopoeias.
  •parable (noun)
  • lessons,
  • lesson.
  •popular belief (noun)
  • old wives' tale.
  •similitude (noun)
  • counter parts,
  • counter-part,
  • similitude,
  • re plica,
  • counter part,
  • re-plica,
  • counter-parts.
  •story (noun)
  • auto-biographies,
  • potboiler,
  • non-fiction,
  • folktales,
  • potboilers,
  • serials,
  • folktale,
  • conti,
  • nonfictions,
  • auto biographies,
  • in formations,
  • non-fictions,
  • re-cord,
  • Conte,
  • long short it,
  • in-formation,
  • news item,
  • re-cords,
  • re cord,
  • auto-biography,
  • news items,
  • long and short it,
  • epic,
  • in formation,
  • re cords,
  • long and short of it,
  • auto biography,
  • memoir,
  • non fictions,
  • long short of it,
  • non fiction,
  • in-formations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • masque,
  • detective,
  • life history,
  • life story,
  • horror story,
  • the first person,
  • personify,
  • faction,
  • two-hander,
  • fantasy,
  • trope,
  • screenplay,
  • dramatic irony,
  • mystery play,
  • bathos,
  • thriller,
  • tragicomedy,
  • farce,
  • fanfic,
  • figure of speech,
  • ghost story,
  • melodrama,
  • urban myth,
  • prequel,
  • Deus Ex Machina,
  • subplot,
  • writer's block,
  • poetic license,
  • black comedy,
  • comedy,
  • fairy tale,
  • sequel,
  • imagery,
  • tragedy,
  • tall tale,
  • cock-and-bull story,
  • folk tale,
  • trilogy,
  • stream of consciousness,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • romp,
  • tearjerker,
  • horror,
  • pantomime,
  • oral history,
  • nonfiction,
  • parody,
  • interior monologue,
  • passion play.
  •
  • kill off,
  • pace,
  • portray,
  • dialogue,
  • characterization,
  • flashback,
  • musical,
  • mystery,
  • follow up.
  •
  • tableau,
  • full-length.
  •
  • mime,
  • play,
  • voice,
  • follow.
  •
  • HIT.

Antonyms for Allegory:

• n.

  • indirect representation, storytelling
    non-fiction, truth.
  • Other antonyms:
    history, fact, chronicle, narrative, record.

Allegory Sentence Examples:

• Now, to carry on the allegory, no member can thrive better than when they all jointly unite in their endeavours to assist and improve the whole.

• There is not, and there cannot be any creation of art which has not some kind of allegory at the bottom of it, however little it may let itself be seen.

Homophones for Allegory:

• Al Qahira, Al Gore, allosaur, alger, algeria, algerie, alcazar, allegro.

Hypernym for Allegory:

• n.

  • communication
    hakenkreuz, badge, fasces, scarlet letter, Aesop's Fables, elephant, Solomon's seal, paschal lamb, hammer and sickle, dove, swastika, Shield of David, Magen David, red flag, eagle, medallion, donkey, spread eagle, maple-leaf, Mogen David, ensign, national flag, cupid, Agnus Dei, Star Of David.

Hyponym for Allegory:

• n.

  • communication
    style, symbol, expressive style, symbolisation, story, symbolization, symbolic representation.