| Main Entry: | symbolism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typology |
Synonyms: |
analogy, comparison, metaphor |
| Main Entry: | allegory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect representation, storytelling |
Synonyms: |
apologue, emblem, fable, figuration, moral, myth, parable, story, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, tale, typification |
| Main Entry: | semiotics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of signs as elements of communication |
Synonyms: |
langue, parole, pragmatics, semantics, sign systems, symbolism, syntactics |
| Main Entry: | suggestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, implication |
Synonyms: |
allusion, association, autosuggestion, breath, clue, connotation, cue, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, notion, overtone, reminder, self-suggestion, shade, signification, smack, soupçon, strain, suspicion, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, symbology, telltale, thought, tinge, trace, undertone, vein, whisper, wind |
| Main Entry: | imagery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metaphors |
Synonyms: |
mental images, representation, symbolism |
| Main Entry: | semantics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
Synonyms: |
connotation, definition, denotation, exegetics, explanation, explication, exposition, glossology, interpretation, semiology, semiotics, significs, symbiology, symbolism |
| Main Entry: | figuration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape |
Synonyms: |
contour, form, outline, symbolism |