Word Type

Noun

The word "icon" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

desktop ms windows desktop

Coordinate Terms

index symbol

Derived Terms

WIMP autoicon bicon dykon earcon emoticon favicon gay icon hamburger icon icon-stand iconification iconifier iconify iconisation iconise iconization iconize iconless iconlike iconology identicon musicon obscenicon subicon

Context

computer science computing eastern christianity linguistics religion

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

painting picture representation symbol

Type Of (IsA)

artifact computer file painting symbol symbolic representation

Part Of

graphical user interface

Related Terms

aniconic aniconism iconantidyptic iconic iconical iconically iconicity iconicness iconics iconism iconistic iconistical iconistically icono iconoclasm iconoclast iconoclastic iconodule iconodulic iconodulism iconodulist iconoduly iconograph iconographer iconographic iconographical iconographically iconographist iconography iconolater iconolatry iconological iconologist iconology iconomach iconomachal iconomachian iconomachical iconomachist iconomachy iconomania iconomatic iconomatically iconomaticism iconomatography iconometer iconometric iconometrical iconometrically iconometry iconophile iconophilia iconophilism iconophilist iconophily iconophobe iconophobia iconophobic iconoplast iconoscope iconostas iconostasis iconotropic iconotropy miniature noniconic replica simulacrum uniconic

Related Terms

iconic iconify iconoclasm iconography iconstasis image index onomatopoeic picture referent representation saint scripture symbol

Synonym Network

idol ikon

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.