Symbol

//ˈsɪmbəl//

Synonyms for "symbol" (307 found)

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Closest matches (62)

Noun(1 words)
epitome

Strong matches (92)

Noun(1 words)
daddy

Related words (153)

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Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

5 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

55 entries

Showing 16 of 55 words.

derived from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

25 entries

Showing 16 of 25 words.

used for

1 entries

Translations

246 translations across 84 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • simbool noun (character or glyph)

Albanian

3 entries
  • shenjë noun (character or glyph)
  • simbol noun (character or glyph)
  • simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σημεῖον noun (character or glyph)
  • σύμβολον noun (character or glyph)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَمْز noun (character or glyph)
  • رَمْز noun (object meant to represent another)
  • شَارَة noun (object meant to represent another)
  • شِعَار noun (object meant to represent another)

Armenian

4 entries
  • խորհրդանիշ noun (character or glyph)
  • խորհրդանիշ noun (object meant to represent another)
  • սիմվոլ noun (character or glyph)
  • սիմվոլ noun (object meant to represent another)

Asturian

2 entries
  • símbolu noun (character or glyph)
  • símbolu noun (object meant to represent another)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • işarə noun (character or glyph)
  • nişan noun (object meant to represent another)
  • rəmz noun (character or glyph)
  • rəmz noun (object meant to represent another)

Basque

1 entries
  • ikur noun (character or glyph)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Sümbol noun (character or glyph)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • знак noun (character or glyph)
  • сы́мбаль noun (character or glyph)
  • сі́мвал noun (character or glyph)
  • сі́мвал noun (object meant to represent another)

Bengali

4 entries
  • চিহ্ন noun (character or glyph)
  • প্রতীক noun (character or glyph)
  • প্রতীক noun (object meant to represent another)
  • সঙ্কেত noun (character or glyph)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • си́мвол noun (character or glyph)
  • си́мвол noun (object meant to represent another)

Burmese

2 entries
  • သင်္ကေတ noun (character or glyph)
  • အထိမ်းအမှတ် noun (object meant to represent another)

Catalan

2 entries
  • símbol noun (character or glyph)
  • símbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 符號 /符号 noun (character or glyph)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 符號 /符号 noun (character or glyph)
  • 象徵 /象征 noun (object meant to represent another)

Czech

2 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Danish

3 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • tegn noun (character or glyph)

Dutch

2 entries
  • symbool noun (character or glyph)
  • symbool noun (object meant to represent another)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • simbolo noun (character or glyph)
  • simbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Estonian

2 entries
  • sümbol noun (character or glyph)
  • sümbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Finnish

4 entries
  • merkki noun (character or glyph)
  • merkki noun (object meant to represent another)
  • symboli noun (character or glyph)
  • symboli noun (object meant to represent another)

French

4 entries
  • symbole noun (character or glyph)
  • symbole noun (object meant to represent another)
  • symbole noun (type of noun)
  • symbole noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)

Galician

4 entries
  • símbolo noun (character or glyph)
  • símbolo noun (object meant to represent another)
  • símbolo noun (type of noun)
  • símbolo noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)

Georgian

2 entries
  • სიმბოლო noun (character or glyph)
  • სიმბოლო noun (object meant to represent another)

German

3 entries
  • Symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • Symbol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • Zeichen noun (character or glyph)

Greek

3 entries
  • σύμβολο noun (character or glyph)
  • σύμβολο noun (object meant to represent another)
  • σύμβολο noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • סֵמֶל noun (character or glyph)
  • סֵמֶל noun (object meant to represent another)
  • סַמְמָן noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • timaan noun (character or glyph)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • timaan noun (character or glyph)

Hindi

4 entries
  • चिह्न noun (character or glyph)
  • निशान noun (character or glyph)
  • प्रतीक noun (character or glyph)
  • प्रतीक noun (object meant to represent another)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • jelkép noun (object meant to represent another)
  • szimbólum noun (character or glyph)
  • szimbólum noun (object meant to represent another)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • tákn noun (character or glyph)
  • tákn noun (object meant to represent another)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • رَمْز noun (character or glyph)
  • رَمْز noun (object meant to represent another)
  • سَمْبُل noun (character or glyph)
  • سَمْبُل noun (object meant to represent another)

Italian

1 entries
  • simbolo noun (character or glyph)

Japanese

4 entries
  • シンボル noun (object meant to represent another)
  • 符号 noun (character or glyph)
  • 記号 noun (character or glyph)
  • 象徴 noun (object meant to represent another)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • рәміз noun (character or glyph)
  • рәміз noun (object meant to represent another)
  • символ noun (character or glyph)
  • символ noun (object meant to represent another)

Khmer

4 entries
  • និមិត្តការណ៍ noun (object meant to represent another)
  • និមិត្តរូប noun (object meant to represent another)
  • វណ្ណ noun (character or glyph)
  • សញ្ញា noun (character or glyph)

Korean

4 entries
  • 기호 noun (character or glyph)
  • 부호 noun (character or glyph)
  • 상징 noun (character or glyph)
  • 상징 noun (object meant to represent another)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • белги noun (object meant to represent another)
  • символ noun (character or glyph)
  • символ noun (object meant to represent another)

Lao

2 entries
  • ສັນຍະລັກ noun (character or glyph)
  • ສັນຍາລັກ noun (object meant to represent another)

Latin

1 entries
  • symbolum noun (character or glyph)

Latvian

2 entries
  • simbols noun (character or glyph)
  • simbols noun (object meant to represent another)

Lingala

1 entries
  • elembo noun (object meant to represent another)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • simbolis noun (character or glyph)
  • simbolis noun (object meant to represent another)

Lunda

1 entries
  • yinjikijilu noun (object meant to represent another)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • симбол noun (character or glyph)
  • симбол noun (object meant to represent another)

Malay

4 entries
  • lambang noun (character or glyph)
  • lambang noun (object meant to represent another)
  • simbol noun (character or glyph)
  • simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • അടയാളം noun (object meant to represent another)
  • ചിഹ്നം noun (character or glyph)
  • പ്രതീകം noun (object meant to represent another)

Marathi

1 entries
  • चिन्ह noun (character or glyph)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • бэлэг noun (object meant to represent another)
  • бэлэгдэл noun (object meant to represent another)
  • тэмдэг noun (character or glyph)
  • тэмдэг noun (object meant to represent another)

Norman

1 entries
  • sŷmbole noun (character or glyph)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • nîşan noun (character or glyph)
  • remz noun (character or glyph)
  • sembol noun (character or glyph)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • symbol noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)
  • tegn noun (character or glyph)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • symbol noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)
  • tegn noun (character or glyph)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اشارت noun (character or glyph)
  • علامت noun (character or glyph)
  • نشان noun (character or glyph)

Pali

1 entries
  • saṅketa noun (character or glyph)

Pashto

3 entries
  • رمز noun (character or glyph)
  • سمبول noun (character or glyph)
  • سيمبال noun (character or glyph)

Polish

2 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • símbolo noun (character or glyph)
  • símbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ noun (character or glyph)

Romanian

2 entries
  • simbol noun (character or glyph)
  • simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Russian

4 entries
  • знак noun (character or glyph)
  • знак noun (object meant to represent another)
  • си́мвол noun (character or glyph)
  • си́мвол noun (object meant to represent another)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • चिह्न noun (character or glyph)
  • प्रतीक noun (character or glyph)
  • सङ्केत noun (character or glyph)

Scots

2 entries
  • seembol noun (character or glyph)
  • seembol noun (object meant to represent another)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sìmbōl noun (character or glyph)
  • sìmbōl noun (object meant to represent another)
  • сѝмбо̄л noun (character or glyph)
  • сѝмбо̄л noun (object meant to represent another)

Slovak

2 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Slovene

3 entries
  • simbol noun (character or glyph)
  • simbol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • znak noun (character or glyph)

Spanish

2 entries
  • símbolo noun (character or glyph)
  • símbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Swedish

3 entries
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • tecken noun (character or glyph)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • sagisag noun (character or glyph)
  • sagisag noun (object meant to represent another)
  • simbolo noun (character or glyph)
  • simboló noun (object meant to represent another)

Tajik

4 entries
  • аломат noun (character or glyph)
  • аломат noun (object meant to represent another)
  • нишона noun (object meant to represent another)
  • рамз noun (character or glyph)

Tamil

2 entries
  • குறியீடு noun (object meant to represent another)
  • சின்னம் noun (character or glyph)

Tatar

1 entries
  • символ noun (character or glyph)

Thai

2 entries
  • สัญลักษณ์ noun (character or glyph)
  • สัญลักษณ์ noun (object meant to represent another)

Turkish

4 entries
  • işaret noun (character or glyph)
  • sembol noun (character or glyph)
  • sembol noun (object meant to represent another)
  • simge noun (character or glyph)

Turkmen

4 entries
  • alamat noun (character or glyph)
  • nyşan noun (object meant to represent another)
  • simwol noun (character or glyph)
  • simwol noun (object meant to represent another)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • знак noun (character or glyph)
  • си́мвол noun (character or glyph)
  • си́мвол noun (object meant to represent another)
  • си́мвол noun (summary of a dogmatic statement of faith)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اِشارَہ noun (character or glyph)
  • رَمْز noun (character or glyph)
  • عَلامَت noun (character or glyph)
  • نِشان noun (character or glyph)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بەلگە noun (character or glyph)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • alomat noun (character or glyph)
  • belgi noun (character or glyph)
  • belgi noun (object meant to represent another)
  • ishora noun (character or glyph)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • biểu tượng noun (character or glyph)
  • biểu tượng noun (object meant to represent another)
  • ký hiệu noun (character or glyph)
  • ký hiệu noun (object meant to represent another)

Welsh

3 entries
  • llythyren noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (character or glyph)
  • symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • סימבאָל noun (character or glyph)
  • סימבאָל noun (object meant to represent another)
  • צייכן noun (character or glyph)

Sample sentences

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The lion is often used as a symbol of courage.

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The whiteness of the lily is a symbol of purity.

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Long ago in early cultures, the ball in the game was the symbol of the sun.

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A dove is a symbol of peace.

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