allusive as an adjective: - 1
allusive
adjective
1 allusive
Characterized by indirect references.
Roget 514:
supposing
etc.
v.;
given,
mooted,
postulatory†;
assumed
etc.
v.;
supposititious,
suppositive†,
suppositious;
gratuitous,
speculative,
conjectural,
hypothetical,
theoretical,
academic,
supposable,
presumptive,
putative;
suppositional.
suggestive,
allusive.
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Roget 526:
latent;
lurking
etc.
v.;
secret
etc.
528;
occult;
implied
etc.
v.;
dormant;
abeyant.
unapparent,
unknown,
unseen
etc.
441;
in the background;
invisible
etc.
447;
indiscoverable†,
dark;
impenetrable
etc.
(unintelligible)
519;
unspied†,
unsuspected.
unsaid,
unwritten,
unpublished,
unbreathed†,
untalked of†,
untold
etc.
527,
unsung,
unexposed,
unproclaimed†,
undisclosed
etc.
529,
unexpressed;
not expressed,
tacit.
undeveloped,
solved,
unexplained,
untraced†,
undiscovered
etc.
480.1,
untracked,
unexplored,
uninvented†.
indirect,
crooked,
inferential;
by inference,
by implication;
implicit;
constructive;
allusive,
covert,
muffled;
steganographic†;
understood,
underhand,
underground;
delitescent†,
concealed
etc.
528.
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Roget 516:
meaning
etc.
v.;
expressive,
suggestive,
allusive;
significant,
significative†,
significatory†;
pithy;
full of meaning,
pregnant with meaning.
declaratory
etc.
535;
intelligible
etc.
518;
literal;
synonymous;
tantamount
etc.
(equivalent)
27;
implied
etc.
(latent)
526;
explicit
etc.
525.
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Roget 9:
relative;
correlative
etc.
12;
cognate;
relating to
etc.
v.;
relative to,
in relation with,
referable or referrible to†;
belonging to
etc.
v.;
appurtenant to,
in common with.
related,
connected;
implicated,
associated,
affiliated,
allied to;
en rapport,
in touch with.
approximative†,
approximating;
proportional,
proportionate,
proportionable;
allusive,
comparable.
in the same category
etc.
75;
like
etc.
17;
relevant
etc.
(apt)
23;
applicable,
equiparant†.
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Roget 521:
metaphorical,
figurative,
catachrestical†,
typical,
tralatitious†,
parabolic,
allegorical,
allusive,
anagogical†;
ironical;
colloquial;
tropical.
Polish: aluzyjny
Moby thesaurus: allusory, figurative, figured, flowery, implicational, implicative, implicatory, indicative, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, insinuatory, ironic, mannered, metaphorical, ornamented, referential, suggestive, trolatitious, tropological.
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