SYMBOLICAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

Example:

the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish

Synonyms:

emblematic; emblematical; symbolic; symbolical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

representative (standing for something else)

Derivation:

symbol (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)

Meaning:

Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols

Example:

symbolic thinking

Synonyms:

symbolic; symbolical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Derivation:

symbol (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)