parable

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. a short moral story (often with animal characters) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
fable, allegory, apologue
• Derivationally related forms:
allegorical (for: allegory), allegorize (for: allegory), allegorise (for: allegory), parabolic, parabolical, fabulous (for: fable), fabulist (for: fable)
• Hypernyms:
story
• Hyponyms:
Aesop's fables
• Instance Hyponyms:
Pilgrim's Progress
2. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
- the parable of the prodigal son
• Derivationally related forms:
parabolic, parabolical
• Topics:
New Testament
• Hypernyms:
story

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fable, allegory, apologue