[syn: emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]
Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a
symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;
representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight
and knowledge. -- Sym*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Sym*bol"ic*al*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by
such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by
delivering something else as a symbol, token, or
representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.
Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by
hieroglyphics.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
symbolical
adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
"symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
thinking" [syn: symbolic, symbolical]
2: 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" [syn:
emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "symbolical":
allegoric, allegorical, anagogic, associational, connotational,
connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational,
denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential,
exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural, figurative,
full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, glossematic,
iconic, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative,
indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible,
intensional, interpretable, lexemic, lexical, meaning, meaningful,
meaty, metaphorical, morphemic, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar,
phrasal, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential,
representative, semantic, semantological, semasiological, sememic,
semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative,
signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic,
symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transferred, typical,
verbal