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Pronunciation:
[ ɐlˈuːʒən], [ ɐlˈuːʒən], [ ɐ_l_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]
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Similar words for allusion:
- allusion (noun)
- communication (noun)
- figure of speech (noun)
- hint (noun)
- indirect reference; hint (noun)
- meaning (noun)
- mention (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- reference (noun)
- referral (noun)
- significancy (noun)
- suggestion (noun)
- talk (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Allusion:
n.
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- barb.
- ornament,
- metaphor,
- sarcasm,
- irony,
- contrast,
- onomatopoeia,
- alliteration,
- imagery,
- parallelism,
- oxymoron,
- figuration,
- comparison,
- simile.
- incidental mention,
- imputation,
- denotation,
- casual remark,
- connotation,
- statement,
- play on words,
- charge.
- name of game,
- nuts and bolts,
- nature of beast,
- nitty gritty,
- symbolization,
- Significancy,
- signification.
- innuendo,
- self-suggestion,
- namings,
- figure of speech,
- suggestion,
- talk,
- mention,
- Re-mark,
- jive,
- symbolism,
- autosuggestion,
- idle talk,
- Symbology,
- auto-suggestion,
- naming,
- pointing out,
- references,
- reference,
- Autosuggestions,
- meaning,
- intimation,
- advertence,
- jives,
- hint.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- platitude,
- rejoinder,
- wisecrack,
- sound bite,
- parting shot,
- shaft,
- pearl,
- remark,
- witticism,
- backchat,
- conversation stopper,
- bromide,
- comment,
- commonplace,
- pleasantry,
- aside,
- acknowledgment,
- back talk,
- quip,
- broad hint,
- observation,
- interruption,
- ejaculation,
- gibe,
- zinger,
- afterthought,
- bon mot,
- feedback.
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- sally,
- counter,
- taunt,
- volley,
- generality,
- interjection,
- dig.
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- qualification,
- line.
- prototype,
- talk of the town,
- swing music,
- excite,
- ingratiation,
- greenback,
- bank bill,
- file,
- screw,
- adorn,
- twit,
- articulate,
- assistant,
- compare,
- set phrase,
- steering,
- descent,
- stemma,
- hypnotism,
- sass,
- operating room,
- digression,
- assist,
- logical argument,
- response time,
- labor,
- correspondence,
- beam of light,
- tinct,
- pause,
- making,
- blether,
- sideboard,
- peach,
- ikon,
- quill,
- by,
- symbolisation,
- smell,
- heart and soul,
- idiom,
- beaver state,
- computer address,
- excavation,
- extension,
- mix in,
- head rhyme,
- purpose,
- good sense,
- nub,
- reading,
- signal,
- presentment,
- count on,
- retort,
- deduction,
- designate,
- significance,
- ornamentation,
- management,
- lineage,
- jeer,
- emblem,
- guardianship,
- puff,
- design,
- connectedness,
- moil,
- intimate,
- case,
- analog,
- blend,
- crinkle,
- chouse,
- reservation,
- handing over,
- kick,
- counseling,
- reaction time,
- scoff,
- sniff,
- comprehend,
- force,
- turn over,
- immediate,
- signified,
- bang,
- topple,
- shade,
- advert,
- admonitory,
- envision,
- fiction,
- move,
- telephone line,
- send,
- cursor,
- institutionalize,
- saddle,
- level,
- initial rhyme,
- respire,
- rally,
- merge,
- embellish,
- touch modality,
- institutionalise,
- decoration,
- premix,
- lunge,
- work out,
- aim,
- help oneself,
- connexion,
- musical note,
- effect,
- bank note,
- admonition,
- info,
- typewrite,
- voice communication,
- telling,
- digging,
- scape,
- tippytoe,
- inverted comma,
- scuttlebutt,
- timeworn,
- armorial bearing,
- ivory,
- err,
- trend,
- espousal,
- draw,
- rival,
- mental image,
- distinction,
- feel,
- prick,
- grasp,
- meld,
- illation,
- excursus,
- passing,
- bloodline,
- buck,
- point,
- dividing line,
- center,
- rip out,
- emit,
- meat,
- parallel,
- bear upon,
- crease,
- crown,
- covering,
- vagabond,
- combine,
- toil,
- association,
- breath,
- burst,
- financial statement,
- well-worn,
- cautionary,
- prosaic,
- abduce,
- core,
- demarcation,
- express,
- flush,
- baksheesh,
- line of business,
- away,
- guess,
- stab,
- distil,
- puff of air,
- backtalk,
- line of products,
- proposal of marriage,
- taunting,
- point out,
- grace,
- personal line of credit,
- command prompt,
- signature,
- rotating shaft,
- censure,
- imagination,
- integrate,
- physical body,
- partial tone,
- compass,
- sallying forth,
- cast,
- tantalise,
- supposal,
- sortie,
- ancestry,
- reference work,
- intent,
- desegregate,
- epitome,
- jibe,
- cock,
- gap,
- melodic phrase,
- heart,
- range of a function,
- material body,
- marriage proposal,
- chassis,
- presumptuousness,
- facilitate,
- flesh,
- quick,
- tattle,
- intension,
- malaprop,
- cut into,
- let the cat out of the bag,
- kernel,
- line of reasoning,
- mesmerism,
- shopworn,
- gumption,
- touch sensation,
- pattern,
- explosive charge,
- jockey,
- line of descent,
- humdrum,
- lead,
- centering,
- consign,
- line of merchandise,
- pull up,
- conjecture,
- survival,
- spear,
- simulacrum,
- prate,
- affirmation,
- tap,
- exemplary,
- jot,
- bone,
- reflection,
- musical passage,
- push up,
- lance,
- suspension,
- rendering,
- operating theater,
- talking to,
- spill,
- gallery,
- cutaneous senses,
- reckon,
- catch one's breath,
- pool stick,
- flux,
- roam,
- application program,
- swing,
- pass off,
- ramble,
- trite,
- ironical,
- delve,
- course,
- importation,
- off-white,
- operating theatre,
- wander,
- visualise,
- form,
- sum,
- travail,
- tool,
- annotation,
- treatment,
- humour,
- comeback,
- serve,
- disruption,
- adduce,
- melodic line,
- personal credit line,
- bakshis,
- anatomy,
- proffer,
- language,
- chicane,
- occupation,
- rush,
- pith,
- amalgamate,
- allegement,
- describe,
- dig out,
- savvy,
- concern,
- glimmer,
- input,
- thrusting,
- rustle,
- partake,
- replication,
- barrack,
- be adrift,
- parenthesis,
- double,
- mental imagery,
- program line,
- electric charge,
- figural,
- slant,
- air,
- diligence,
- hollow,
- common fig,
- crest,
- enactment,
- reference point,
- banter,
- feeling,
- public figure,
- pipeline,
- heraldic bearing,
- tint,
- turn on,
- inwardness,
- centre,
- designation,
- actuate,
- archeological site,
- boot,
- bill,
- ore.,
- stuff,
- fit,
- old-hat,
- ride,
- appellative,
- refer,
- conflate,
- educe,
- impetus,
- arsenic,
- sentience,
- fee,
- argument,
- complaint,
- enter,
- nicety,
- transmission line,
- pertain,
- calamus,
- tease,
- fancy,
- forecast,
- suspire,
- rotational latency,
- caustic remark,
- word of advice,
- prefiguration,
- mother wit,
- selective information,
- physique,
- monitory,
- blame,
- actor's line,
- press out,
- mingle,
- raillery,
- equivalence,
- given,
- bung,
- icon,
- note of hand,
- agate line,
- care,
- focusing,
- adjoin,
- correspond,
- gag,
- shuffle,
- pierce,
- flout,
- address,
- job,
- service,
- recognition,
- instigate,
- rendition,
- paradigm,
- partial,
- discourse,
- coalesce,
- line of credit,
- bear on,
- nitty-gritty,
- argumentation,
- metaphoric,
- sensation,
- take out,
- mixture,
- passageway,
- notice,
- effigy,
- tiptoe,
- bespeak,
- voicelessness,
- logical implication,
- skin senses,
- commit,
- interpreting,
- annotate,
- railway line,
- adoption,
- take down,
- rethink,
- tramp,
- connecter,
- precondition,
- premise,
- data,
- rag,
- moment,
- equal,
- refinement,
- word meaning,
- mark,
- ray,
- motivate,
- salvo,
- pinch,
- sense of touch,
- hackneyed,
- rail line,
- apart,
- soupcon,
- persona,
- survival of the fittest,
- prompting,
- fag,
- crack,
- squeeze,
- prattle,
- interposition,
- take note,
- ruffle,
- marrow,
- movement,
- importee,
- foreshadowing,
- tap-off,
- theanthropism,
- push,
- tired,
- tally,
- premiss,
- shape,
- command,
- beginning rhyme,
- distill,
- transit,
- public lecture,
- estimate,
- manner of speaking,
- telephone circuit,
- picture,
- seam,
- stir,
- reconsideration,
- bearing,
- spirit,
- dry,
- source,
- word sense,
- razz,
- dig up,
- furrow,
- check,
- meter reading,
- glimmering,
- peak,
- wit,
- parry,
- remind,
- essence,
- draw out,
- swan,
- cable,
- communication channel,
- give voice,
- mouth,
- beam,
- threadbare,
- hurl,
- observe,
- subscriber line,
- epigram,
- bead,
- eccentric,
- counselling,
- comparability,
- common fig tree,
- linear,
- stock,
- commendation,
- fusillade,
- cipher,
- heel counter,
- evoke,
- blab out,
- blood,
- proposition,
- meet,
- hurtle,
- glint,
- get the picture,
- frame,
- immix,
- inspire,
- tear out,
- link,
- pick,
- extend to,
- blow,
- rove,
- riposte,
- rest,
- light beam,
- charge up,
- practical application,
- tactual sensation,
- colour,
- touch on,
- prod,
- summons,
- utter,
- verbalise,
- match,
- musical phrase,
- nonliteral,
- dick,
- disturb,
- drive,
- bod,
- ray of light,
- choice,
- shaft of light,
- give-and-take,
- word,
- pull,
- assignment,
- excavate,
- labour,
- book of facts,
- wrinkle,
- calculate,
- product line,
- have to do with,
- visualize,
- character reference,
- chin music,
- every bit,
- comparing,
- jabbing,
- burster,
- sensory faculty,
- lodge,
- cheat,
- top,
- credit line,
- shot,
- smell out,
- cathexis,
- diaphysis,
- roll,
- stray,
- credit,
- mission,
- tilt,
- consultation,
- lotion,
- backsheesh,
- lean,
- burden,
- typecast,
- shoot down,
- take a breather,
- sassing,
- delineate,
- look-alike,
- notational system,
- instruction,
- throw,
- natural selection,
- wry,
- latent period,
- unify,
- show,
- acknowledgement,
- unglamorous,
- supporter,
- driving force,
- stipulation,
- connector,
- subtlety,
- tear,
- legend,
- pourboire,
- oregon,
- knife thrust,
- float,
- interpellation,
- reach,
- coating,
- lecture,
- pool cue,
- business line,
- cliche,
- second thought,
- pedigree,
- conditional relation,
- acceptance,
- build,
- short letter,
- surmisal,
- speech communication,
- gratuity,
- come to,
- august 15,
- aid,
- bait,
- melody,
- summit,
- pregnant,
- spec,
- counterpunch,
- appointment,
- rustling,
- impact,
- name,
- counterpoint,
- poke,
- indicant,
- whispering,
- decorate,
- phone line,
- relate,
- banal,
- verbalize,
- contact,
- sentiency,
- admixture,
- glimpse,
- freewheel,
- bank line,
- tactile sensation,
- bursting charge,
- stopper,
- mixing,
- tumble,
- reference book,
- advertency,
- straightaway,
- accuse,
- character,
- honorable mention,
- common sense,
- tone,
- shove,
- speck,
- spot,
- steer,
- discriminative stimulus,
- consequence,
- human body,
- spell,
- banker's bill,
- assertion,
- elicit,
- speculation,
- channel,
- horse sense,
- intermixture,
- arrow,
- incite,
- poking,
- babble,
- oral communication,
- commix,
- reflexion,
- lip,
- commingle,
- joining,
- way,
- focus,
- atomic number 33,
- monition,
- slam,
- irradiation,
- satire,
- number,
- tabulator,
- ghost,
- affect,
- quotation mark,
- assembly line,
- appoint,
- talking,
- tune,
- foresee,
- commove,
- laying claim,
- touching,
- grind,
- angle,
- watching,
- paint a picture,
- thrill,
- antagonistic,
- cross-index,
- tutelage,
- summon,
- surmise,
- blood line,
- agitate,
- formulate,
- transition,
- cue stick,
- rouse,
- federal reserve note,
- adumbrate,
- agree,
- blab,
- allude,
- strain,
- bring up,
- peek,
- confidential information,
- project,
- generalization,
- wind,
- buffet,
- pull out,
- beautify,
- point of reference,
- preeminence,
- equally,
- banknote,
- divagation,
- spoken communication,
- advise,
- color,
- words,
- focussing,
- commentary,
- apprehend,
- spoken language,
- origin,
- soma,
- shoot,
- range,
- billing,
- wittiness,
- run along,
- heading,
- bakshish,
- version,
- jab,
- significant,
- babble out,
- trace,
- unglamourous,
- tantalize,
- effrontery,
- idiomatic expression,
- avail,
- government note,
- production line,
- humor,
- mite,
- argue,
- doctrine of analogy,
- see,
- apprisal,
- direct contrast,
- forestall,
- observance,
- putz,
- bear down,
- generalisation,
- hypothesis,
- compute,
- fuse,
- entropy,
- digit,
- entailment,
- mot,
- load,
- clew,
- betoken,
- undertide,
- phrasal idiom,
- marriage offer,
- banality,
- incarnation,
- impulsion,
- drudge,
- guidance,
- substance,
- option,
- line of work,
- eminence,
- equivalent word,
- interpolation,
- cypher,
- connective,
- assistance,
- gloss,
- break,
- counsel,
- spill the beans,
- surgery,
- drop,
- delivery,
- accusation,
- billet,
- commixture,
- anticipate,
- distort,
- susurration,
- propel,
- promissory note,
- sing,
- business,
- take a breath,
- helper,
- symbolic representation,
- propose,
- focal point,
- fabrication,
- pecker,
- return,
- imaging,
- infusion,
- intermission,
- gossip,
- parentage,
- commission.
- Figurativeness,
- enallage,
- help,
- drift,
- phrase,
- thrust,
- proposal,
- analogy,
- figure,
- intention,
- specification,
- latency,
- warning,
- overtone,
- allude to,
- suggest,
- trope,
- wierd,
- catachresis,
- metonymy,
- acceptation,
- coloration,
- undertone,
- assumption,
- parable,
- apologue,
- give a hint,
- cue,
- colouration,
- symbol,
- excerpt,
- metalepsis,
- tip-off,
- prosopopoeia,
- presupposition,
- notification,
- interpretation,
- prompt,
- supposition,
- pointer,
- personification,
- whisper,
- passage,
- fable,
- note,
- selection,
- advice,
- extract,
- anagoge,
- speech,
- quote,
- synecdoche,
- adumbration,
- arcane meaning,
- import,
- cite,
- direction,
- nuance,
- Parabole,
- subsense,
- synonym,
- allegory,
- breathe,
- gist,
- indicate,
- analogue,
- Mentioning,
- tip,
- inkling,
- clue,
- tinge,
- animadversion,
- application,
- drop a hint,
- sense,
- insinuate,
- malapropism,
- discussion,
- glance at,
- touch,
- image,
- implied meaning,
- type,
- information,
- presumption,
- allegation,
- undercurrent,
- purport,
- notation.
How to use "Allusion" in context?
An allusion is a deliberate reference to something that is not actually present within the text. Allusions can be either surface or substantive, and can provide a richer context for the text. Surface allusions are direct references to words, phrases, or images that are visible in the text. Substantive allusions, on the other hand, are references to ideas, events, or concepts that are hidden from view but are nevertheless identifiable through context.
An allusion can be a simple word or phrase that is perhaps only noted by expert readers. More commonly, allusions serve as a hidden link between different parts of the text.
Paraphrases for Allusion:
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Forward Entailment
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
indication, inference, suggestion.
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
hint, implication, insinuation.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Allusion:
- alyssum, alkane, Al Qanoon, alkene, align, algin, Alcyone, Al-hakim, alkyne, allegheny, alchemy, alisma, Alhazen, allogamy, alhacen, alaskan.
Hyponym for Allusion:
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- Synonyms:
- Improvisatory.
