'Symbolizing' definitions:
Definition of 'symbolizing'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of representing something with a symbol [syn: symbolizing, symbolising]
Definition of 'Symbolizing'
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 'symbolizing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apish,
- delineatory,
- depictive,
- echoic,
- embodying,
- figurative,
- graphic,
- ideographic,
- illustrational,
- illustrative,
- imitative,
- incarnating,
- limning,
- mimetic,
- mimish,
- onomatopoeic,
- personifying,
- pictographic,
- pictorial,
- portraying,
- representational,
- representative,
- representing,
- simulative,
- typifying,
- vivid
Words containing 'Symbolizing'
- Symbol,
- Symbolic,
- Symbolical,
- Symbolically,
- Symbolics,
- Symbolism,
- Symbolization,
- Symbolize,
- Symbolized,
- Symbolizer,
- 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