All allusion synonyms

noun allusion

• hint — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
• quotation — something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
• connotation — The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of.
• remark — to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
• inference — the act or process of inferring.
• suggestion — the act of suggesting.
• innuendo — an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
• citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
• insinuation — an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature: She made nasty insinuations about her rivals.
• imputation — the act of imputing.
• mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• indication — anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
• statement — something stated.
• intimation — the act of intimating, or making known indirectly.
• denotation — the act or process of denoting; indication
• implication — implies
• reference — pointer
• figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
• play on words — a pun or the act of punning.