allegory
/ælə,ɡoʊri/
noun
8 letters4 syllables12 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
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.
WORD FORMS
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinallegoryway
Starts & ends withA … Y
Syllablesal · le · go · ry
SYNONYMS & RELATED8
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