Synonyms of the word

parable

• n. A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
• v. (transitive) To represent by parable.
• adj. (obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.

allegory

• n. The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
• n. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
• n. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political…
• n. (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary…

apologue

• n. a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
• n. (rhetoric) use of fable to persuade the audience.

fable

• n. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as…
• n. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
• n. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
• n. The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely;…

story

• n. A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
• n. A lie, fiction.
• n. (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
• n. (obsolete) History.
• n. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
• v. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
• n. (obsolete) A building or edifice.
• n. (chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
• n. (typography) Alternative form of storey.