ALLEGORICAL Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

allegorical

adjective

Definition of allegorical

as in symbolic

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Recent Examples of allegorical Cardinale was particularly fond of the shape, which the brand used as an allegorical representation of its birth city’s many cupolas. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 22 May 2026 Cornices, marble, allegorical touches, and the building’s old grandeur all help create a dramatic atmosphere. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Naturalists and later scientists also protested such allegorical uses of primates. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 May 2026 Depicting the rise and spectacular fall of an Anglo- and Euro-centric civilization, the series was originally presented as an allegorical warning about imperial expansion to the then-young nation. — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for allegorical

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Adjective

Thune did not speak during the meeting but scheduled a symbolic follow-up vote that evening in which two Republicans flipped their original votes.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
This ‘Statehood Quarters’ collection is so inclusive and symbolic of this great nation.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of symbolic

Adjective

Why not make another mythological story, with your own sensibilities and ideologies baked into it?

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Like the West African mythological creature that lends the bar its name, the drinks at Anansi will, indeed, sneak up on you.

— Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of mythological

Adjective

The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 laptop shows up ready to work, with a snappy Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, a generous 32GB of RAM, and a spacious 2TB SSD in its (figurative) briefcase.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Our words are a figurative sword and instrument of action under this transit.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of figurative

Adjective

Hop aboard an imaginary Vespa, or perhaps a high-speed train eastward to the boot country, where not every meal comes blistering out of a brick oven or ladled from a bubbling pot.

— Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
Some rehearse using a bedpan — placing it in the right spot, cleaning out the imaginary contents.

— Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 30 June 2026

Definition of imaginary

Adjective

Birkenstock noted that all three styles are offered in European sizes 35 to 42 and come in three emblematic Repetto shades — Iconic Pink, Flame Red and Profound Black.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
The most popular order throughout the fundraiser was the arepa pabellón, one of the most emblematic arepas in Venezuelan cuisine.

— Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of emblematic

Adjective

Some fanciful pundits in those pie-in-the-sky stories of 1976 predicted that, by 2026, local property taxes in Florida would no longer exist.

— Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Immediately after alighting from its fanciful detour, Woods makes the odd decision to leave Emily’s perspective and lock into Sylvia’s.

— Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026

Definition of fanciful

Adjective

The scene is a Pyrrhic victory, however, because its self-transcending metaphorical power only emphasizes the blandly literal hour and a half that came before.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
In other words, the metaphorical coin must be weighted—in this case, by hominins doing things on purpose, like laying their dead to rest in the narrow, twisting darkness of Rising Star.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026

Definition of metaphoric

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