Symbol

/ˈsɪmbəl/

Synonyms for "symbol" (623 found)

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Closest matches (125)

Noun(52 words)

a glyphabsalomacademic garbalphabet symbolankhs aphrodite aquila arrow avatar bamboo barabbas barcode beastliness beaverboston tea partybowery britannia butterfly byword bywords

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caducei candelabra caribou carnation cassiricategorize as variablechalice chalices char characters chars chi cinderellasclassify as variableclef clefsclimate variablecobaincolor motifcondor crescent crescentscrest of a hillcroce crosses cruzcultural signdaffodils daisy daleth damocles deltas

abbreviation accentaccent markacronym agent allegoryallude toalphabetalphabetic characteralternate alternative analogy armory arms art attribute backup badgebadge of officebadges

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banner bar baton bearingbinary digitbit blazonry blueprint brand brassard button cancelcap and gowncasecase in pointchainchain of officechange changeling character charactering characterization charactery chart choreography cipherclass ringcoat of armscockade code collar colophon comparisonconventional representationconventional symbolcopy counterfeit crest cross cryptogram custosdance notationdecoration delineation demonstration denote depiction depictment

Verb(1 words)

betokens

Adjective(4 words)

catalan lletrachinese characterscultural symboldecimal digit

Strong matches (187)

deputy design designate device diagram digit direct dot double drama drawing dress dummy eagle emblem emblems ensigns equal equivalent ersatz

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escutcheon example exchange exemplar exemplification explanation exponent expressionexpression markfake fascesfather symbolfermatafertility symbolfiguration figure figurehead fill-in finger flagfleur-de-lisgesture ghost ghostwriter glosseme graph grapheme hallmarkhammer and sickleheraldry hieroglyphic hold icon iconography iconology ideogram idol illustration image imagery imaging imitation indication initialism insignia instancekey signaturelapel pinlead letter lexemelexical formlexigraphic characterligature limning liverylocum tenenslogo logogram logograph logotypelove knotmace makeshift mantle map mark

Verb(1 words)

designate variable

Noun(86 words)

digit the codedigits dittoes dovedrawing elementduelist eagles edelweiss edsel effigies effigy emblem embodiment emojis epsilonfabric motiffalcon fantasm fezzes firefly

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fist flambeau gauchosgesture to changegladiolus glyph gorgongraphic markinggrapo grendel gryphon handkerchieves harphebrew letterheth hieroglyphics hydra iblisiconic greekicons identifier ideograms ideographs ikon ikons insignes insignias iotaitalian letteraivorybill jacaranda jellaba jezebel kaaba kaffiyeh kgkinetic energy unitkiss kusch lambdalanguage elementlanguisher lepkeletter the envelopeletter the signletters liberacelightning stormlilies lily lion lionsliterary patternlochinvarlogo designlogos logotypes lorelei lotuses lxii lyly lyremake a gesturemandala mantillamark word in text

Adjective(13 words)

dutch tekenfictional characterfigurative conceptfrench lettregalician lagrimagerman signifikantgerman zeichengothic kunigsgrecian urnhieroglyphic writingitalian segnological termlogographic writing

Related words (311)

Noun(134 words)

markers marking marque masada mascot mascotsmath operationmathematical signmathematical symbolmaypole mementoes mementos mephistopheles mockingbird mockingbirds monocle monograms monumentsmore greekmore non greek letter

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motifmotif basedmyrtlenational emblemnationalistic symbolic adjectivenon greek letter glyphnon greek letter symbolnumeralsnumeric adjectivenumerical adjectiveobelisksobject motifoperator operatorsorb of lightoutward signowl patternpencil markpenguin pentacle phekda phi pictographs plowman psipunctuation markrainbow rebusrecurring motifredbird redbreastrepeated imagerepresentation resh rho rivers rocroman numeralroman numeral symbolsroman soldier helmetromanian literăromanian semnrune runes saguaro sc scarecrowssemiotic termserpents shamrocks shepherds shillalahs sickles sigma signsignifier of meaningsnarling sombrerosspanish representarstagstand forstate emblemsteed strongman sunrose swastikas swordsymbol of hopesymbolic representationsymbolic representationssymbolisation symbolizationsystem icontalisman talismans tau terminal thorns tickers tiresias tisiphone token torches totems trident trillium trinketstriumphal archtulips tumbrel turbanstypography elementunlabeled signvalkyries vampire vanzetti variablevariable datavariable definitionvariable namevars vipersvisual motifvoltaire wayfarers wobegon wozzeck xciv xliv xxxix zed zombies zombis

markings measure medal metaphor metonymymetronomic markmodel monogram morpheme mortarboardmother symbolmotifmusical notationnamenext best thingnotation note number numeral numero

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object lessonold school tiepassword pattern pause pennant personnelphallic symbolphonetic characterphonetic symbolphony phrasepick outpictogrampictographic characterpicturization pinpinch hitterplanpoint atpoint outpoint toportraiture portrayal prefigurement presa presentment printing projection proxy realization referrefer toreflection regaliarelevant instancerelief rendering rendition replacement representation representative reserves ring ringer rose schemaschool ringscore script sealsecond stringsecondary segno selectsemasiological unitsememe shamrock shibboleth sigillography sign signature signifiant significantskull and crossbonesslur spare spares specify sphragistics staff stampstand forstand instand-in standard stigmatize sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate swastika swell syllabary syllabicsymbolic systemsymbolism symbolization symbolize symbology synecdoche tablature tartantempo markterm testimonialthird stringthistle tietime signaturetoken totemtotem poletypetypical exampletypify understudy uniformuniversal symbolutility playerverge vicarvice presidentvice-president vice-regent vinculum wand watchword word writingwritten character

Adjective(25 words)

mathematical notationmodern markmore base ten digitmythological figurenational attributenational symbolsnon greek script letternonnumeric characternotational symbolsnumber markerrecurring symbolreligious iconrepeating objectroman numeral numberedspanish letraspanish signostriped motif patternsymbolic implementsymbolic markingsymbolic motifs

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unknown variablevariable propertieswritten signxcix xxix

Adverb(2 words)

more public monumentmost national icon

Determiner(2 words)

most markingmost roman-numeral

Verb(3 words)

pierce the darknessread pictographreflect communal values

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries

figurative deviceliterary deviceliterary elementliterary patternnarrative techniquerepresentational processsign signal signaling signalling

More specific

6 entries

animal symbolcolor motifcolor symbolobject symbolseasonal motifweather symbol

Collocations

5 entries

literary symbolrecurring symbolsymbol of freedomsymbol of hopevisual symbol

Inflections

1 entries

symbols

Derivations

4 entries

symbolic symbolically symbolism symbolize

Translations

94 translations across 63 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Arabic

3 entries

رَمْز noun (object meant to represent another)
شَارَة noun (object meant to represent another)
شِعَار noun (object meant to represent another)

Armenian

2 entries

խորհրդանիշ noun (object meant to represent another)
սիմվոլ noun (object meant to represent another)

Asturian

1 entries

símbolu noun (object meant to represent another)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

nişan noun (object meant to represent another)
rəmz noun (object meant to represent another)
simvol noun (object meant to represent another)
əlamət noun (object meant to represent another)

Belarusian

1 entries

сі́мвал noun (object meant to represent another)

Bengali

1 entries

প্রতীক noun (object meant to represent another)

Bulgarian

1 entries

си́мвол noun (object meant to represent another)

Burmese

1 entries

အထိမ်းအမှတ် noun (object meant to represent another)

Catalan

1 entries

símbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

象徵 /象征 noun (object meant to represent another)

Czech

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Danish

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Dutch

1 entries

symbool noun (object meant to represent another)

Esperanto

1 entries

simbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Estonian

1 entries

sümbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Finnish

3 entries

merkki noun (object meant to represent another)
symboli noun (object meant to represent another)
tunnus noun (object meant to represent another)

French

1 entries

symbole noun (object meant to represent another)

Galician

1 entries

símbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Georgian

1 entries

სიმბოლო noun (object meant to represent another)

German

1 entries

Symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Greek

1 entries

σύμβολο noun (object meant to represent another)

Hebrew

1 entries

סֵמֶל noun (object meant to represent another)

Hindi

1 entries

प्रतीक noun (object meant to represent another)

Hungarian

2 entries

jelkép noun (object meant to represent another)
szimbólum noun (object meant to represent another)

Icelandic

1 entries

tákn noun (object meant to represent another)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

رَمْز noun (object meant to represent another)
سَمْبُل noun (object meant to represent another)
نَماد noun (object meant to represent another)

Japanese

2 entries

シンボル noun (object meant to represent another)
象徴 noun (object meant to represent another)

Kazakh

2 entries

рәміз noun (object meant to represent another)
символ noun (object meant to represent another)

Khmer

2 entries

និមិត្តការណ៍ noun (object meant to represent another)
និមិត្តរូប noun (object meant to represent another)

Korean

2 entries

상징 noun (object meant to represent another)
심벌 noun (object meant to represent another)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

белги noun (object meant to represent another)
символ noun (object meant to represent another)

Lao

1 entries

ສັນຍາລັກ noun (object meant to represent another)

Latvian

1 entries

simbols noun (object meant to represent another)

Lingala

1 entries

elembo noun (object meant to represent another)

Lithuanian

1 entries

simbolis noun (object meant to represent another)

Lunda

1 entries

yinjikijilu noun (object meant to represent another)

Macedonian

1 entries

симбол noun (object meant to represent another)

Malay

2 entries

lambang noun (object meant to represent another)
simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Malayalam

2 entries

അടയാളം noun (object meant to represent another)
പ്രതീകം noun (object meant to represent another)

Mongolian

3 entries

бэлэг noun (object meant to represent another)
бэлэгдэл noun (object meant to represent another)
тэмдэг noun (object meant to represent another)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Portuguese

1 entries

símbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Romanian

1 entries

simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Russian

3 entries

знак noun (object meant to represent another)
си́мвол noun (object meant to represent another)
эмбле́ма noun (object meant to represent another)

Scots

1 entries

seembol noun (object meant to represent another)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

sìmbōl noun (object meant to represent another)
сѝмбо̄л noun (object meant to represent another)

Slovak

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Slovene

1 entries

simbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Spanish

1 entries

símbolo noun (object meant to represent another)

Swedish

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Tagalog

2 entries

sagisag noun (object meant to represent another)
simboló noun (object meant to represent another)

Tajik

4 entries

аломат noun (object meant to represent another)
нишона noun (object meant to represent another)
рамз noun (object meant to represent another)
символ noun (object meant to represent another)

Tamil

1 entries

குறியீடு noun (object meant to represent another)

Thai

1 entries

สัญลักษณ์ noun (object meant to represent another)

Turkish

1 entries

sembol noun (object meant to represent another)

Turkmen

2 entries

nyşan noun (object meant to represent another)
simwol noun (object meant to represent another)

Ukrainian

1 entries

си́мвол noun (object meant to represent another)

Uzbek

3 entries

belgi noun (object meant to represent another)
ramz noun (object meant to represent another)
simvol noun (object meant to represent another)

Vietnamese

2 entries

biểu tượng noun (object meant to represent another)
ký hiệu noun (object meant to represent another)

Welsh

1 entries

symbol noun (object meant to represent another)

Yiddish

1 entries

סימבאָל noun (object meant to represent another)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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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.

Source: tatoeba (30097)

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

Source: tatoeba (35007)

A dove is a symbol of peace.

Source: tatoeba (35129)

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