Synonyms of hieroglyph

hieroglyph

noun

as in image

a pictorial character used in hieroglyphics

A tomb inscribed with hieroglyphs.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• image
• drawing
• portrait
• picture
• icon
• etching
• hieroglyphic
• illustration
• representation
• likeness
• resemblance
• photograph
• ideogram
• ideograph
• depiction
• view
• watercolor
• ikon
• delineation
• sketch
• silhouette
• collage
• diagram
• cartoon
• daub
• caricature
• finger painting
• doodle
• montage
• pictograph

Examples of hieroglyph in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

New clues have surfaced as a result of Frédéric Payraudeau, an associate professor in Egyptology at Sorbonne University in Paris, reexamining a fragment of the granite sarcophagus and deciphering the hieroglyphs engraved on it. —Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024

The etchings, comparable to Egyptian hieroglyphs, have been subject to various interpretations over the past centuries. —Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024

Emojis are the hieroglyphs of the future, heralding a new era beyond the alphabet. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024

One of the most famous archaeological finds in history, the stone slab allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphs for the first time, presenting the same statement in hieroglyphic script, Demotic and ancient Greek. —Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024