Verb: symbolize 'sim-bu,lIz
- Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
"What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?";
- typify, symbolise [Brit], stand for, represent, symbol [archaic]
- Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
"The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize";
- symbolise [Brit], symbol [archaic]
Derived forms: symbolizes, symbolizing, symbolized
Type of: intend, mean, represent
Encyclopedia: Symbolize