Synonyms of representational

representational

adjective

as in symbolic

having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else

a computer program with representational icons for different functions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• symbolic
• representative
• emblematic
• figurative
• figural
• metaphoric
• tropological
• allegorical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actual
• nonsymbolic
• literal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of representational

This literally cataclysmic[6] event was preceded by algebraic computations that were never just representational, as might be more the case for geometry, but were from the outset proactive. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

The reflex to regard America’s earlier representational and nationalist traditions as something to be repudiated, rather than reconsidered, is learned — not inevitable. — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

Increasingly, representational politics feels like dusty land that’s been dried up from single-crop farming. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Tellingly, not one of these standout garments is plastered with logos, cheeky text, or some representational figure (festive or otherwise). — Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026

There are very real representational problems with regard to realism, phones, and internet life’s microwave instructions for rendering the literal ironic and the ironic literal. — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

So what better way to counter decades of representational flattening than with a show whose central characters are young Londoners who share that label but little besides it—and then throw them together in a punk band? — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, the show was celebrated for its representational milestones both in front and behind the camera for the entirety of its three season run. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

The Semiquincentennial Commission was conjured into being by Congress back in 2016, during that long-ago summer when the Democratic Party was convening in Philadelphia and the succession of one form of representational liberalism to another seemed pretty well secure. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026