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symbolize - 17 thesaurus results
Main Entry: symbolize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: represent; stand for
Synonyms: betoken, connote, denote, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, illustrate, indicate, mean, mirror, personify, show, signify, suggest, symbol, typify, body forth, emblematize
Main Entry: characterize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: typify, distinguish
Synonyms: brand, constitute, define, delineate, describe, designate, differentiate, discriminate, feature, identify, indicate, inform, make up, mark, outline, peg, pigeonhole*, portray, represent, stamp, style, symbolize, tab, belong to, button down, individualize, individuate, peculiarize, personalize, signalize, singularize, typecast
Main Entry: denote
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: designate, mean
Synonyms: announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify, add up, hang sign on, put down for, put finger on
Notes: denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply
Main Entry: exemplify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: serve as an example
Synonyms: body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify, emblematize
Main Entry: indicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, display
Synonyms: add up to, announce, argue, attest, augur, bespeak, betoken, card, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, evidence, evince, express, finger, hint, illustrate, imply, import, intimate, make, manifest, mark, mean, name, peg*, pinpoint*, point out, prove, read, record, register, reveal, show, sign, signal, slot, specify, suggest, symbolize, tab, tag, testify, witness, be symptomatic, button down, pin down, point to
Antonyms: conceal, hide, mislead
Main Entry: materialize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come into being
Synonyms: actualize, appear, coalesce, come about, develop, embody, emerge, evolve, happen, manifest, metamorphose, objectify, occur, personify, realize, substantiate, symbolize, turn up, typify, unfold, visualize, be incarnate, be realized, become concrete, become real, become visual, come to pass, corporealize, entify, exteriorize, externalize, hypostatize, make real, personalize, personize, pragmatize, reify, substantialize, take form, take place, take shape
Main Entry: mirror
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: copy, reflect
Synonyms: depict, double, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, exemplify, follow, glass, illustrate, image, imitate, mimic, personify, represent, show, simulate, symbolize, take off*, typify, act like, make like
Main Entry: personify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: represent some other being, character
Synonyms: contain, copy, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, humanize, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, manifest, materialize, mirror, objectify, substantiate, symbolize, typify, act out, body forth, emblematize, exteriorize, externalize, hominify, live as, make human, personize
Main Entry: stand for
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, mean
Synonyms: answer for, betoken, denote, exemplify, imply, indicate, represent, suggest, symbol, symbolize, appear for
Main Entry: typify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: represent, characterize
Synonyms: describe, embody, epitomize, exemplify, feature, illustrate, incarnate, mean, mirror, model, personify, stand for, sum up, symbolize, body forth, emblematize
Main Entry: embody
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: represent; materialize
Synonyms: actualize, complete, demonstrate, epitomize, evince, exemplify, exhibit, express, illustrate, incarnate, incorporate, manifest, mirror, objectify, personify, realize, show, stand for, substantiate, symbolize, typify, concretize, emblematize, exteriorize, externalize, hypostatize, personalize, reify
Antonyms: exclude, disembody
Main Entry: epitomize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: typify
Synonyms: characterize, embody, exemplify, illustrate, mean, model, personify, represent, stand for, symbolize
Main Entry: express
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: articulate; signify, mean
Synonyms: add up to*, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, put, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word, make known, pop off*, put across, put into words
Main Entry: illustrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demonstrate, exemplify
Synonyms: clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, elucidate, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across*, get over*, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out*, limelight*, manifest, mark, mirror, personify, picture, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell*, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify, allegorize, bring home, draw a picture, emblematize, make clear, make plain, ostend, point up*
Antonyms: hide, obscure
Main Entry: mean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: signify, convey
Synonyms: adumbrate, allude, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at*, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, add up, allude to, hint at, point to, speak of, tell the meaning of, touch on
Main Entry: signify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mean, indicate
Synonyms: add up to, announce, bear, bespeak, betoken, carry, communicate, connote, convey, denote, disclose, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, flash, imply, import, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, matter, portend, proclaim, purport, represent, show, sign, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, talk, tell, wink, be a sign of
Main Entry: suggest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: imply; bring to mind
Synonyms: adumbrate, advert, allude, connote, denote, evoke, hint, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, occur, point, promise, refer, represent, shadow, signify, symbolize, typify, be a sign of, cross the mind, lead to believe, point in direction of, put in mind of
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