What is another word for allusion?
1087 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐlˈuːʒən], [ ɐlˈuːʒən], [ ɐ_l_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]Table of Contents
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.
Paraphrases for Allusion:
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Forward Entailment
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
suggestion, indication, inference.
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
insinuation, hint, implication.
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Antonyms for Allusion:
Homophones for Allusion:
- alyssum, alkane, Al Qanoon, alkene, align, algin, Alcyone, Al-hakim, alkyne, allegheny, alchemy, alisma, Alhazen, allogamy, alhacen, alaskan.