Allegorical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allegoric \Al`le*gor"ic\, Allegorical \Al`le*gor"ic*al\, a. [F.
     all['e]gorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. ?. See {Allegory}.]
     Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an
     allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. "An
     allegoric tale." --Falconer. "An allegorical application."
     --Pope.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which
           says one thing, but means another.       --Max Miller.
     [1913 Webster] {Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
     {Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  allegorical
       adj : used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;
             "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of
             Victory leading an army" [syn: {allegoric}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "allegorical":
     allegoric, anagogic, associational, connotational, connotative,
     definable, denotational, denotative, expressive, extended,
     extensional, fabulous, fictional, figurative, full of meaning,
     full of point, full of substance, indicative, intelligible,
     intensional, interpretable, legendary, meaning, meaningful, meaty,
     metaphorical, mythic, mythological, mythopoeic, mythopoetic,
     parabolic, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential,
     romantic, romanticized, sententious, significant, significative,
     substantial, suggestive, symbolic, transferred