English verb: symbolise | |||
1. | symbolise (communication) represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols | ||
Samples | The poet symbolizes love in this poem. These painters believed that artists should symbolize. | ||
Synonyms | symbolize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | represent | ||
2. | symbolise (communication) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | ||
Samples | What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?. | ||
Synonyms | represent, stand for, symbolize, typify | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intend, mean | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | be, embody, epitomise, epitomize, personify, typify | ||