allegorize

[al-i-guh-rahyz] / ˈæl ɪ gəˌraɪz /

VERB

compare

Synonyms

STRONGEST

connect correlate equal link match relate

STRONG

approach assimilate balance equate parallel resemble standardize vie

WEAK

approximate to be in the same class as be on a par with bear comparison bring near come up to compete with distinguish between draw parallel hold a candle to identify with make like notice similarities put alongside show correspondence stack up with tie up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disconnect imbalance

STRONG

differ disagree

VERB

illustrate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clarify delineate depict embody emphasize epitomize exhibit explain expose highlight illuminate interpret lay out manifest mark mirror personify point up portray represent reveal spotlight symbolize typify

STRONG

clear disclose elucidate evidence evince expound imitate instance picture proclaim show vivify

WEAK

bring home clear up draw a picture emblematize get across get over limelight make clear make plain ostend show and tell

Antonyms

STRONGEST

complicate conceal confuse cover hide obscure save

VERB

liken

Synonyms

STRONGEST

equate relate

STRONG

approach assimilate balance correlate equal link match parallel resemble

WEAK

approximate to be in the same class as be on a par with bear comparison come up to distinguish between draw parallel identify with make like notice similarities put alongside show correspondence

Antonyms

STRONG

differ disconnect disproportion imbalance separate

Example Sentences

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If it’s an allegory, it trivializes whatever it’s allegorizing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

He was a superbly professional storyteller, but his work was at times flawed by facile allegorizing.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1924 he caused a ripple in sculpture and religious circles with his bronze, The Chrysalis, allegorizing mankind's evolution, from the ape.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philo's philosophy was in great part a philosophy of the law; the Patristic school borrowed his allegorizing method and produced a philosophy of religious dogma!

From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman

On the other hand, the allegorizing tendency which clings fast to the letter sometimes takes odd liberties with the spirit of ceremonies and texts.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

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