HyperDic: allegoric

English > 1 sense of the word allegoric:
ADJECTIVEallallegoric, allegoricalused in or characteristic of or containing allegory
English > allegoric: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningUsed in or characteristic of or containing allegory.
Examples
  • "allegorical stories"
  • "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army"
Synonymallegorical
Broaderrepresentativestanding for something else
Spanishalegórico
Catalanal·legòric
Nounsallegoryan expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject / subject by suggestive resemblances

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