allegory
Definitions
Noun
- A short moral story (often with animal characters)
- A visible symbol representing an abstract idea
- An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "allegory".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | january | 4 | 53 |
| 2 | category | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | capillary | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | tapestry | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | lavatory | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | sanitary | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | gallantry | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | lapidary | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | pageantry | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | savagery | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | atterberry | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | atterbury | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | banditry | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | basketry | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | cabinetry | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | cassowary | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | falconry | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | hansberry | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | hansbury | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | lansberry | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | salsberry | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | salsbery | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | salsbury | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | sansbury | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "allegory".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gallery | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | category | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | alley | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | alloy | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | allegorical | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | allegro | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | mallory | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | allergy | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | vallery | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | mallery | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | gallego | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | callery | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | allegra | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | allegories | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | allor | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | aller | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | gallegos | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | aleatory | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | challengery | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | walley | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "allegory" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "allegory" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "allegory" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "allegory".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 24
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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