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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Allegoric \Al'le*gor"ic\, Allegorical \Al'le*gor"ic*al\, adjective [F. all['e]gorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. ?. See {Allegory}.] Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. ''An allegoric tale.'' --Falconer. ''An allegorical application.'' --Pope.
Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. --Max Miller. {Al'le*gor"ic*al*ly}, adverb -- {Al'le*gor"ic*al*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
allegorical
adjective: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army" [syn: {allegoric}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "allegorical": allegoric, anagogic, associational, connotational, connotative, definable, denotational, denotative, expressive, extended, extensional, fabulous, fictional, figurative, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, indicative, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, legendary, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, mythic, mythological, mythopoeic, mythopoetic, parabolic, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential, romantic, romanticized, sententious, significant, significative, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, transferred
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