Usually means: Symbolic representation conveying a meaning.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 45 dictionaries that define the word allegory:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. allegory: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. allegory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. allegory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. allegory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. allegory: Vocabulary.com
  6. Allegory, allegory: Wordnik
  7. allegory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. allegory: Wiktionary
  9. allegory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. allegory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. allegory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. allegory: Dictionary.com
  13. allegory: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. allegory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Allegory (Filippino Lippi), Allegory (category theory), Allegory (mathematics), Allegory, The Allegory (album), The Allegory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Allegory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. allegory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. allegory: Rhymezone
  19. allegory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. allegory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. allegory: Free Dictionary
  22. allegory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. allegory: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. allegory: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. allegory: Merriam-Webster.com

Art (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. allegory: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  3. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  5. Allegory: Literary Terms
  6. Allegory: art glossary
  7. ALLEGORY: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. allegory: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. allegory: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ALLEGORY: Masonic Dictionary

Religion (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Allegory: Easton Bible
  2. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  4. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Allegory: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  6. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Allegory: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. allegory: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See allegories as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
noun:  A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
noun:  A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
noun:  (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     black,     white,     red, more...



Word origin

Words similar to allegory

Usage examples for allegory

Idioms related to allegory

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing allegory

Words that often appear near allegory

Rhymes of allegory

Invented words related to allegory

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     black,     white,     red, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!