Synonyms for symbolic
sym·bol·ic

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1. symbolic, symbolicaladjective

   relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols

   "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"

   Synonyms:
   symbolical, emblematical, emblematic

   Antonyms:
   nonrepresentative, unsymbolic

2. emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolicaladjective

   serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

   "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish"

   Synonyms:
   exemplary, emblematical, symbolical, emblematic, typic

   Antonyms:
   unsymbolic, nonrepresentative

3. symbolicadjective

   using symbolism

   "symbolic art"

   Synonyms:
   symbolical, emblematical, emblematic

   Antonyms:
   nonrepresentative, unsymbolic

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1. symbolicadjective

   Synonyms:
   emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative

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1. symbolicadjective

   Synonyms:
   typical, emblematical

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1. List of paraphrases for "symbolic":

   token, ramzi, emblematic, nominal, iconic, symbolism, ramzy, symbolically, tokenistic, flagship

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1. Emma Pomeroy:

   What is key here is the intentionality behind the burial. You might bury a body for purely practical reasons, in order to avoid attracting dangerous scavengers and/or to reduce the smell. But when this goes beyond practical elements it is important because that indicates more complex, symbolic and abstract thinking, compassion and care for the dead, and perhaps feelings of mourning and loss.

2. Mangku Puseh Juga:

   This sacrifice is symbolic of the character of human beings - greed, laziness, stupidity and anger, the main goal is (to) balance the macro world of nature and the micro world within each human.

3. David Mamet:

   The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.

4. Paul Gosar:

   It is a symbolic cartoon. It is not real life.

5. Daniel Miller:

   We’ve been trying for more than a decade to bring the perpetrators and the financiers of these terrible terrorist attacks to justice without much luck, we’ve had symbolic luck, but not much actual luck and this is the first case that we really feel like Iran is going to have to pay for what they did.