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Showing words for ALLUSION using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Allusion

allusion

6 Letter Words for Allusion

alison, allons, aloins, anisol, anolis, insoul, insula, inulas, lanius, liason, linous, llanos, nullas, nullos, sialon, sillon, siouan, unsoil

5 Letter Words for Allusion

ainus, aliso, allis, alnus, aloin, anils, anoil, anoli, auloi, aulos, illus, insol, inula, isoln, laius, lilas, lilos, linos, lions, llano, loans, loins, lonas, louis, louns, lunas, nails, nills, noils, nolls, nouls, nulla, nullo, nulls, ollas, ousia, salol, salon, sinal, slain, sloan, snail, solan, sulla, ualis, uinal, ulans, unais, unoil

4 Letter Words for Allusion

ails, ains, ainu, aion, alin, allo, alls, also, anil, anis, ansi, ansu, anus, aoli, asin, asio, ills, ions, lain, lalo, laos, laun, laus, lias, lila, lilo, lina, lino, lins, lion, lisu, loan, loin, loli, loun, luna, nail, naio, nais, naoi, naos, nasi, naso, nill, nils, noil, noll, noul, nous, null, oils, olla, onus, sail, sain, sall, saul, sial, sian, sila, sill, silo, sina, siol, sion, slon, soil, sola, soln, soul, sula, sull, suni, ulan, ulla, ulna, unai, unal, unio, unis

3 Letter Words for Allusion

ail, ain, ais, all, aln, alo, als, ans, anu, asl, aul, iao, ill, ilo, ins, ion, ios, iou, isl, isn, iso, lai, lan, lao, las, lin, lis, loa, los, luo, nas, nil, nis, noa, nol, nos, nul, nus, oas, oil, ois, ola, ona, oni, ons, osi, oui, ous, sai, sal, san, sao, sau, sil, sin, sla, sol, son, sou, sui, sun, ula, ull, una, uni, unl, uns, usa

Definitions for Allusion

[1] a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: The novel's title is an allusion to Shakespeare.
[2] the act of alluding; the making of a casual or indirect reference to something: The Bible is a fertile source of allusion in art.
[3] Obsolete . a metaphor or parable.
[4] the act of alluding
[5] a passing reference; oblique or obscure mention

Words related to Allusion

quotation, connotation, remark, inference, suggestion, innuendo, citation, insinuation, imputation, mention, charge, indication, statement, intimation, denotation, implication

Words nearby Allusion

allston, allude, allure, allurement, alluring, allusion, allusive, alluvial, alluvial fan, alluvial mining, alluvial plain

Origin of Allusion

1540–50; < Late Latin allūsiōn- (stem of allūsiō ), equivalent to allūs(us ), past participle of allūdere (see allude; al- + lūd- play + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Words that may be confused with Allusion

allusion, reference, allusion, delusion, elusion, hallucination, illusion, (see, synonym, study, at, illusion)

Other words from Allusion

pre·al·lu·sion , noun

Word origin for Allusion

C16: from Late Latin allūsiō, from Latin allūdere to sport with, allude

Synonyms for Allusion

quotation, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, implication, imputation, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, remark, statement, suggestion, casual remark, figure of speech, incidental mention, play on words