symbolic

 
Pronunciation: /sɪmˈbɒlɪk/

adjective

  • 1serving as a symbol: a repeating design symbolic of eternity
  • significant purely in terms of what is being represented or implied: the release of the dissident was an important symbolic gesture
  • 2involving the use of symbols or symbolism: Klimt’s symbolic painting of 1900-7

Derivatives

symbolical

adjective

symbolically

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century: from French symbolique or late Latin symbolicus, from Greek sumbolikos. The adjective symbolical dates from the early 17th century