Associations to the word «Allusion»
Noun
- Quotation
- Pun
- Allegory
- Metaphor
- Ovid
- Proverb
- Shakespeare
- Imagery
- Symbolism
- Stanza
- Iliad
- Satire
- Epistle
- Sonnet
- Ode
- Fable
- Sarcasm
- Hearer
- Keats
- Anecdote
- Poem
- Irony
- Hint
- Rabbinic
- Wordsworth
- Inference
- Isaiah
- Connexion
- Mythology
- Testament
- Prose
- Scripture
- Epic
- Peculiarity
- Dante
- Epithet
- Verse
- Joyce
- Osiris
- Narrative
- Phrase
- Virgil
- Fragmentary
- Chaucer
- Reader
- Parallel
- Macbeth
- Herodotus
- Homer
- Remark
- Parody
- Eliot
- Humour
- Quote
- Dryden
- Motif
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALLUSION, noun. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
Dictionary definition
ALLUSION, noun. Passing reference or indirect mention.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.