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Synonyms for allegory
noun indirect representation, storytellingAntonyms for allegory
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comparison
noun. contrasting; corresponding
- allegory
- analogizing
- analogy
- analyzing
- association
- balancing
- bringing together
- collating
- collation
- comparability
- connection
- contrast
- correlation
- discrimination
- distinguishing
- dividing
- estimation
- example
- exemplification
- identification
- illustration
- juxtaposition
- likeness
- likening
- measuring
- metaphor
- observation
- opposition
- paralleling
- ratio
- relating
- relation
- resemblance
- segregation
- separation
- similarity
- testing
- weighing
comparisons
noun. contrasting; corresponding
- allegory
- analogizing
- analogy
- analyzing
- association
- balancing
- bringing together
- collating
- collation
- comparability
- connection
- contrast
- correlation
- discrimination
- distinguishing
- dividing
- estimation
- example
- exemplification
- identification
- illustration
- juxtaposition
- likeness
- likening
- measuring
- metaphor
- observation
- opposition
- paralleling
- ratio
- relating
- relation
- resemblance
- segregation
- separation
- similarity
- testing
- weighing
fable
noun. fantasy, story
fables
noun. fantasy, story
figure of speech
noun. turn of expression
- adumbration
- allegory
- alliteration
- allusion
- analogue
- analogy
- anaphora
- anticlimax
- antistrophe
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- asyndeton
- bathos
- communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device
- comparison
- conceit
- device
- echoism
- ellipsis
- euphemism
- euphuism
- exaggeration
- expression
- flourish
- flower
- hyperbole
- image
- imagery
- irony
- litotes
- malapropism
- manner of speaking
- metaphor
- metonymy
- onomatopoeia
- ornament
- oxymoron
- parable
- paradox
- parallel
- personification
- proteron
- rhetoric
- sarcasm
- satire
- simile
- synecdoche
- trope
- tropology
- turn of phrase
- understatement
- way of speaking
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.