'Symbolize' definitions:
Definition of 'symbolize'
From: WordNet
verb
Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent]
verb
Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" [syn: symbolize, symbolise]
Definition of 'Symbolize'
From: GCIDE
- Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. t.
- 1. To make to agree in properties or qualities. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic. "Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To represent by a symbol or symbols. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Symbolize'
From: GCIDE
- Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Symbolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Symbolizing.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]
- 1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. [1913 Webster]
- The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them. --G. S. Faber. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'symbolize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advert to,
- allude to,
- argue,
- be construed as,
- be taken as,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- body forth,
- breathe,
- catch a likeness,
- character,
- characterize,
- chart,
- connote,
- delineate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- depict,
- designate,
- diagram,
- draw,
- emblematize,
- embody,
- epitomize,
- exemplify,
- express,
- figure,
- finger,
- hit off,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- import,
- indicate,
- limn,
- map,
- mean,
- metaphorize,
- mirror,
- name,
- notate,
- paint,
- personalize,
- personify,
- pick out,
- picture,
- picturize,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- portray,
- print,
- refer to,
- register,
- render,
- represent,
- rub,
- schematize,
- select,
- signify,
- similize,
- specify,
- spell,
- stand for,
- stigmatize,
- suggest,
- symbol,
- take a rubbing,
- trace,
- trace out,
- trace over,
- typify,
- write
Words containing 'Symbolize'
- Symbol,
- Symbolic,
- Symbolical,
- Symbolically,
- Symbolics,
- Symbolism,
- Symbolization,
- Symbolized,
- Symbolizer,
- Symbolizing,
- Constantinian symbol,
- Symbolical delivery,
- Symbolical philosophy,
- graphic symbol,
- mathematical symbol,
- phonetic symbol,
- printed symbol,
- sex symbol,
- stock symbol,
- symbolic logic,
- symbolic logician,
- symbolic representation,
- written symbol,
- symbol-worship