SYMBOLIZE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • express indirectly by an image, form, or model
    • be a symbol
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
    Hypernyms(s) symbolize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • represent or identify by using a symbol
    • use symbols
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The poet symbolizes love in this poem
    • These painters believed that artists should symbolize
    Hypernyms(s) symbolize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)