symbolize
(verb)
verb
1. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
Similar word(s): represent, symbolise, typify
Definition categories: communication, intend, mean
2. represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
Similar word(s): symbolise
Definition categories: communication, represent