symbol
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
Noun 4 meanings
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
“"$" is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.”
A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
“The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.”
A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
“The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols.”
Verb 1 meaning
To symbolize.
Etymology
From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), from συμβάλλω (sumbállō, “to throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, put”).
SYMBOL at a glance
SYMBOL has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + Y 4 + M 3 + B 3 + O 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,193 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with symbol
All rhymes- CHAEBOL14
- GAMBOL11
- OBOL6
- BOBOL9
- CHIBOL13
- CIBOL9
- DIOBOL9
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