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- Dictionarysymbolic/sɪmˈbɒlɪk/
adjective
- 1. serving as a symbol: "a repeating design symbolic of eternity" Similar Opposite
- 2. involving the use of symbols or symbolism: "Klimt's symbolic painting of 1900–7"
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SYMBOLIC definition: 1. representing something else: 2. used to refer to an action that expresses or seems to express…. Learn more.
The meaning of SYMBOLIC is using, employing, or exhibiting a symbol. How to use symbolic in a sentence.
When one thing represents something else that's more abstract, it is symbolic, like a cowboy's black hat in western films is symbolic of his sinister intentions.
If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
Symbolic definition: serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).. See examples of SYMBOLIC used in a sentence.
1. a. Serving as a symbol: Roses are symbolic of love. b. Serving as a particular instance of a broader pattern or situation; representative: The new building is symbolic of the recent changes that have taken place in the neighborhood. 2. Of, relating to, or expressed by means of symbols or a symbol: the symbolic meaning of the poem. 3.
containing symbols, or being used as a symbol. He shook his fist in a symbolic gesture of defiance. The ceremony has a deep symbolic meaning. The new regulations are largely symbolic (= they will not have any real effect).
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sym‧bol‧ic /sɪmˈbɒlɪk $ -ˈbɑː-/ AWL adjective 1 a symbolic action is important because of what it represents but may not have any real effect symbolic gesture/act The protest was a symbolic gesture of anger at official policy. symbolic significance/importance a meeting of symbolic ...
representing something: The blue, white, and red of the French flag are symbolic of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
Symbolic definition: Of, relating to, or expressed by means of symbols or a symbol.
