symbolic

  • (a) relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
    • symbolic logic
    • symbolic operations
    • symbolic thinking
    symbolical,
  • (s) serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
    • a crown is emblematic of royalty
    • the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
    emblematic, emblematical, symbolical,
  • (a) using symbolism
    • symbolic art

Synonyms

symbolical emblematic emblematical

Words of close approximity

symbolical symbolically symbolic logic symbolic logician symbolic representation