allegory

Other forms of allegory

plural

allegories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about allegory

What does allegory mean?

allegory means "a short moral story (often with animal characters)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in allegory?

allegory has 4 syllables: al-le-go-ry. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈæləˌɡɔɹi/.

What is another word for allegory?

Close synonyms include fable, parable, apologue, emblem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allegory a common word?

allegory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with allegory?

2 words rhyme with allegory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.