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symbolic

adjective

variants: also symbolical

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of symbolic

emblematic (also emblematical), representational, representative

Words Related to symbolic

figural, figurative, metaphoric (or metaphorical), tropological

Near Antonyms of symbolic

actual, literal

Antonyms of symbolic

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