symbolic
Meaning of symbolic
- serving as a symbol.
a repeating design symbolic of eternity
- involving the use of symbols or symbolism.
Klimt's symbolic painting of 1900–7
mid 17th century: from French symbolique or late Latin symbolicus, from Greek sumbolikos . The adjective symbolical dates from the early 17th century.
Information about symbolic
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of symbolic is: symbolics.
- Languages in which symbolic is used:
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Hyphenation of symbolic
sym-bolic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- symbolic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
symbolic synonyms
Meaning symbolical:
Meaning emblematic:
emblematic, emblematical, symbolical
Meaning departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical:
Meaning serving as a portrayal or symbol of something:
Meaning serving as an example or explanation:
Meaning constituting or containing allegory:
Meaning of or like a parabola or part of one:
Meaning using or containing suggestion rather than explicit mention:
Meaning tending to suggest an idea:
Meaning aiding or designed to aid the memory:
symbolic antonyms
Meaning taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration:
Translation of symbolic
- French: symbolique
- Spanish: simbólico, simbólica, alegórico, alegórica, emblemático, emblemática
- Portuguese: simbólico
- Italian: simbolico
- German: symbolisch
Words that rhyme with symbolic
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