- Types Of Speech
- You can use allegory as a noun in a sentence.
- About Allegory
- A 4 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters a, e, g, l, o, r, and y, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters eg. Allegory starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, al, all, alle, alleg, and the ending characters are y, ry, ory, gory, egory, . Allegory is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Allegory is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with y, 4 syllables, 3 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Allegory in Pig Latin is said as "allegoryay or allegoryway".
- Unigram
- a | l | l | e | g | o | r | y
- Bigram
- al | ll | le | eg | go | or | ry
- Trigram
- all | lle | leg | ego | gor | ory
- Quadrigram
- alle | lleg | lego | egor | gory
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances;
an extended metaphor - a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Synonym | Definition |
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Adventure Story | |
Allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances an extended metaphor |
Allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain" "the models show by analogy how matter is built up" |
Apologue | a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
Arcane Meaning | |
Assumption | the act of taking possession of or power over something "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba" "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934" "he acquired all the company''s assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the compan |
Balance | a scale for weighing depends on pull of gravity |
Balancing | getting two things to correspond "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" |
Bedtime Story |
View all cognitive synonyms for Allegory
Anagram | Definition |
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Allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances an extended metaphor |
View English words with the unique letters used in allegory. Words With The Letters Aeglory
Word | Definition |
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Allegorise | make into an allegory "The story was allegorized over time" |
Allegorize | make into an allegory "The story was allegorized over time" |
Word | Definition |
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Expressive Style | |
Style | a slender bristlelike or tubular process "a cartilaginous style" |
Allegory Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters