a passing mention that hints at something else
- Similar:
- reference
Stretch level · Top grammar & independent schools
symbolism
noun
the use of objects or images to stand for ideas
The symbolism of a star in her story meant hope.
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More stories & imagination words
threatening harm or showing evil intent
- Similar:
- threatening
- Opposite:
- benign
false and forced rather than natural
- Similar:
- forced
- Opposite:
- genuine
very complicated and hard to follow, with many twists
- Similar:
- complicated
- Opposite:
- clear
copied from something else and not original
- Similar:
- unoriginal
- Opposite:
- creative
a part of talking or writing that wanders away from the main subject
- Similar:
- detour
the quality of being holy or like a god
- Similar:
- godliness
- Opposite:
- humanity
a person or thing that is mysterious and hard to understand
- Similar:
- mystery
- Opposite:
- answer