Synonyms for allegorical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : al-i-gawr-i-kuh l, or al-i-gawr-ik; -gor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæl ɪˈgɔr ɪ kəl, or ˌæl ɪˈgɔr ɪk; -ˈgɒr-

Définition of allegorical

Origin : 1520s, from French allégorique, from Latin allegoricus, from Greek allegorikos (see allegory). Earlier form was allegoric (late 14c.). Related: Allegorically.

adj symbolic

Example sentences :

“Red garments,” colors, here all have an allegorical meaning.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

There remains to be said a word or two concerning its allegorical meaning.
Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

Their truck has on it what they call "an allegorical figure."
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

That is what I want to say to you in allegorical language, Barbara.
Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

But such legends were considered by most commentators as allegorical fables.
Extract from : « The Coming Race » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

They speak in allegorical form in glowing songs of wine and love.
Extract from : « Modern Persia » by Mooshie G. Daniel

The performance was then suddenly changed to an allegorical ballet.
Extract from : « Faustus » by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger

The allegorical is that which is shadowy and doth but exist in the fantasy.
Extract from : « Joyce Morrell's Harvest » by Emily Sarah Holt

The phnix may be regarded as an allegorical type, like most mythological fables.
Extract from : « A World of Wonders » by Various

A hermitess expounds the allegorical meaning of the adventure.
Extract from : « Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail » by Alfred Nutt

Antonyms for allegorical

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