English > allegory: 3 senses > noun 2, communication| Meaning | A visible symbol representing an abstract idea. |
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| Synonym | emblem |
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| Narrower | Agnus Dei, Paschal Lamb | figure of a lamb |
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| Star of David, Shield of David, Magen David, Mogen David, Solomon's seal | A six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles |
| badge | An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) |
| cupid | A symbol for love / love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow |
| donkey | The symbol of the Democratic Party |
| dove | An emblem of peace |
| eagle | An emblem representing power |
| elephant | The symbol of the Republican Party |
| fasces | bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding |
| hammer and sickle | The emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union |
| maple-leaf | The emblem of Canada |
| medallion | An emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered |
| national flag, ensign | An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality |
| red flag | The emblem of socialist revolution |
| scarlet letter | The letter A in red |
| spread eagle | An emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
| swastika, Hakenkreuz | The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich |
| Broader | symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation | Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
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| Spanish | alegoría, divisa, emblema, símbolo |
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| Catalan | divisa, emblema |
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| Adjectives | allegorical | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory |
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| Verbs | allegorize, allegorise | make into an allegory |
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| allegorize, allegorise | interpret as an allegory |
