Symbolic

Synonyms for "symbolic" (289 found)

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Adjective(28 words)

emblematicabstract processalgebraicalgebraic approachalgebraic formalgebraic proofalgebraic systemallegorical anagogicalbiblical flood mythceremonialceremonial actionceremonial cremationceremonial dutiesceremonial eventceremonial itemceremonial objectceremonial objectsceremonial pledgeceremonial regalia

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ceremonial staffceremonial toolceremonial urncultural creationcultural iconcultural status symbolcultural symboldecorative aspect

abstract allegoric allegorical anagogic associational betokening characteristic connotational connotative definable demonstrative denominative denotational denotative

Noun(16 words)

abstract adjectivealgebraic expressionalgebraic structureanimal motifceremonial bowlceremonial dressceremonial maceceremonial water bowlchemical notation descriptorclxvcolor motifcolor symbolism changecultural artifactcultural expressionismcultural expressionscultural sign

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Verb(5 words)

depicted embodying expressing formulated immaterialized

designative diagnostic emblematic evidential exhibitive expressive extended extensional figural figurativefull of meaningfull of pointfull of substanceglossematic iconic identifying ideographic idiosyncratic implicative indicating

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indicative indicatory individual intelligible intensional interpretable lexemic lexical

Noun(18 words)

dutch symbolischentidade abstratafigurative sculpturefigurative studyfigurative usageformal expressionformal logiciangraphic markinghieroglyphiciconic greekinsigneless physicallily motifmath expressionmath notationmath program featuresmath worksheets algebramathematical language

Adjective(36 words)

emblematic descriptoremblematicalevocative writingfigurativefigurative conceptfigurative descriptionfigurative expressionfigurative languagesfigurative meaningfigurative termfigurative useformal logicformal logicsformal permissionformal rulesformal theoryfraught glyphichieroglyphic recordshieroglyphic tradition

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honoraryicelandic konunguriconographic analysisillustrative dataillustrative diagramimagisticimplied meaning inferencejungianlandmark eventlinguistic codeliterary symbollogographic systemslvii masonicmathematical logicmathematical notation

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Noun(50 words)

mathematical operationmathematical representationmathematical signmathematical symbolmental representationmore algebraicmore nonnumericmore notationalmost motivicmost notationalmusic notation descriptormusical notationnational emblemnational monumentnationalistic symbolic adjectivenonarithmetic approachnonlanguagenotational systemnumeral peppercorn

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pictograph keypoetic usagepredicate logicsreaction equationreligious motifrepresentingritual artifactritual bowlschematic diagramsemiotic processsemiotic termsign formsign productionsignifying cluesymbolic adjectivesymbolic calculussymbolic ordersymbolic religious artsymbolic representationssymbolist tarotteardrop motiftokentoken gesturetrasformazione algebricatriumphal archtypifying characteristicvisual metaphorvisual metaphor devicevisual motif

meaning meaningful meaty metaphorical morphemic mythical naming pathognomonic peculiar phrasal pithy pointed pregnant readable referential representative semantic semantological semasiological sememic

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semiotic sententious signalizing significant significative signifying substantial suggestive symbolistic symbological symptomatic symptomatologic token tokening transferred typical verbal

Adjective(52 words)

metaphoric metaphoricalmetaphorical animalmetaphorical descriptormetaphorical labelmetaphorical labelsmetaphorical processmetaphorical usemetaphysical definitionmetonymicmythic lensmythic worldview outlookmythologicalnational symbolsnondiagrammaticnonliteral meaningnonnumeral systemnonnumeric characternonorthographic conventionnonphysical chemistry

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nonspatial methodsnonverbal modenotation-based notationalnotational conceptnotational conventionsphallicpoetic markerpolitical aestheticspublic monument dedicationpurgatorial representationalrepresentational modelrepresentative governmentritualisticritualized behaviorroman numeral lessonroyal chartersacramentalsemantic cluesslavelikestormy seassymbolic logic languagesymbolic logic systemsymbolic markingsymbolic order activitiessymbolical talismanic tokenish totemicvariable lettervariable notation

Adverb(1 words)

most national icon

Determiner(1 words)

most vector notation

Verb(3 words)

notated represented symbolized

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adjectivedescriptive adjectivefigurative term

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5 entries

algebraic allegorical iconic metaphorical notational

Collocations

6 entries

symbolic formsymbolic gesturesymbolic meaningsymbolic representationsymbolic systemsymbolic value

Inflections

2 entries

more symbolicmost symbolic

Derivations

4 entries

symbolical symbolically symbolism symbolize

similar

1 entries

representative

Sample sentences

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Even people who don't believe in the Catholic church venerate the Pope as a symbolic leader.

Source: tatoeba (1940)

The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.

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Might it happen to be a large symbolic grove of trees?

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So far, the impact of the BDS movement is more symbolic than economic.

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