Allusive synonyms

ə-lo͝o'sĭv

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allusory
Allusive; making allusion
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evocative
That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, feeling or image; redolent or reminiscent
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reminiscent
The definition of reminiscent is a person or thing that tends to remind you of something or that resembles someone.
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suggestive
Tending to suggest or imply.
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suggest (related)
Tending to bring a memory, mood, or image, for example, subtly or indirectly to mind
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implicational
Of or pertaining to logical implication
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implicatory
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poetic (related)
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imagistic (related)
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aphoristic (related)
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epigrammatic (related)
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allegorical (related)
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alliterative (related)
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gnomic (related)
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connotative
That implies or suggests something else.
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impressionistic
Conveying a quick or overall impression
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Allusive Sentence Examples

  • The links between the art-work and the biblical themes it seeks to explore, illustrate, and interpret, are often highly allusive.

  • The old sacred name Yahweh is never pronounced; even "God" is avoided for allusive titles like "heaven" or "place."

  • His reputation was made by his early novel, The Shadows, an allusive and highly literary evocation of the Holocaust.

  • Now, with one brilliant exception - the story of the swimming-match, which is felicitously introduced and finely told - these retrospective passages are brought in more or less awkwardly, interrupt inconveniently the course of the narrative, and are too condensed and allusive in style to make any strong poetic impression.

  • It begins by celebrating the ancient glories of the Danes, tells in allusive style the story of Scyld, the founder of the " Scylding " dynasty of Denmark, and praises the virtues of his son Beowulf.

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