symbolic

symbolic

adjective

Definition of SYMBOLIC

having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else <the butterfly in the poem is symbolic of the impermanence of youth>

Synonyms emblematic (also emblematical), representational, representative

Related Words figural, figurative, metaphoric (or metaphorical), tropological; allegorical

Near Antonyms actual, literal

Antonyms nonsymbolic

Variants of SYMBOLIC

symbolic also symbolical