Allegory and Metonymy

Allegory noun - A story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life.

Metonymy and allegory are semantically related In some cases you can use "Metonymy" instead a noun "Allegory".

Nearby Words: allegorize, allegorical, allegorized, allegoric, allegorizing

Metonymy noun - Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').

Allegory and metonymy are semantically related in figure of speech topic. You can use "Allegory" instead a noun "Metonymy", if it concerns topics such as turn of expression.