Thesaurus results for GLYPH

glyph

noun

ˈglif

as in symbol

a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader a rock inscribed with mysterious glyphs that some have speculated as being of Norse origin

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Recent Examples of glyph Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type. —

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025 Notifications: Long-press the glyph button to check caller ID (available with an OTA update later in July). —

Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 In the process, these scripts shed their ties to physical objects and actions, so that the objects their glyphs once depicted have little or no bearing on their current meaning: the characters in a script are abstract symbols, not descriptive icons. —

Longreads, 1 July 2025 The Aztec glyph symbolizes the islet on the water, the lakes of Tenochtitlán and Texcoco, and the mestizo of the indigenous population. —

Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for glyph

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And that, Chaccour says, set the stage for ivermectin to take center stage as a symbol of politicized medicine.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
After the war, jackets began to be worn for reasons of style rather than utility, spurred on by a wave of films like 1953’s The Wild One, in which Marlon Brando turned the leather motorcycle jacket into the ultimate symbol of youthful rebellion.

— Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2026