1. The act of representing something with a symbol
   - symbolizing

1. Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
   "The poet symbolises love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolise"
   - symbolize 
2. Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
   - typify, symbolize, stand for, represent

See also: symbol, symbolisation [Brit], symboliser [Brit]

Type of: figuration, intend, mean, represent

• Afro-
• Afro-American
• Afro-Asian
• Afro-Asiatic
• Afro-Caribbean
• Afro-wig
• Afroasiatic language
• Afrocarpus
• Afrocarpus falcata
• afropavo
• acorn squash
• acorn tube
• acorn-shaped
• Acorus
• Acorus calamus
• acousma
• acoustic
• acoustic aphasia
• acoustic buoy
• acoustic delay line
• acoustic device
• acoustic gramophone
• acoustic guitar
• acoustic impedance
• acoustic meatus