Synonyms of allusions

allusions

noun

plural of allusion

as in references

a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly

The lyrics contain biblical allusions.

Related Words

• references
• implications
• insinuations
• inferences
• innuendos
• clues
• indications
• intimations
• cues
• suggestions
• evidences
• hints
• inklings
• mentions
• ideas
• glimpses
• notions
• inspirations
• whiffs
• leads
• winds
• scents
• signs
• glimmers
• signals
• overtones
• breaths
• tokens
• flickers
• denotations
• pointers
• keys
• hunches
• guideposts
• tips
• winks
• assistances
• prompts
• nods
• marks
• telltales
• tip-offs

Dissimilar Words

• solutions
• answers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of allusions

For all the cloud-rock-101 production and allusions to disorientation, most of the band’s songs don’t confound expectations but play right into them. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026

None of her fellow students catch her frequent literary allusions, but the principal, Henry Grayle (Matthew Lillard), does. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

Seven decades after Elia Kazan’s film adaptation, his granddaughter Zoe Kazan has distilled her interpretation of Steinbeck’s multigenerational saga, which is deeply structured around biblical allusions, into a seven-episode series for Netflix. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Many of these allusions can feel like inside baseball that will make sense to only a microscopic portion of the French population, most of it based in Paris. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Her lyrics, like those of many of her biggest musical influences, are dense texts, full of winking allusions and subtle references to records, bands, and albums that have shaped her own songwriting. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Deramas also justifies all the cinematic allusions on the story level, establishing the characters as devoted cinephiles who are particularly acquainted with Philippine cinema. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

Rather, their time-switching variety and tone-shifting allusions suggest a trip through subjectivity—through Sterling’s inner life and through the collective memory of the town. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

Ari Aster’s most polarizing film to date features allusions to both the Odyssey and another film influenced by Homer’s epic, The Wizard of Oz (1939). — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026