allegory

/ˈæləɡˌɔɹi/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
3. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

Synonyms for allegory

• fable
• parable
• apologue
• emblem

Words that rhyme with allegory

• inventory
• story
• discriminatory
• glory
• quarry
• repertory
• ambulatory
• depilatory
• dory
• hoary
• lavatory
• mandatory
• predatory
• repository
• territory
• admonitory
• category
• circulatory
• conciliatory
• dormitory
• gory
• inflammatory
• interrogatory
• laboratory
• lorry
• migratory
• obligatory
• observatory
• purgatory
• reformatory