symbol

Meanings

Plural: symbols

Noun

an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
- "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
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 numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
Share; allotment.
An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.

Verb

To symbolize.

Origin / 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, “I throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, put”).

Synonyms

symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization

Scrabble Score: 13

symbol is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
symbol is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
symbol is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

symbol is a valid Words With Friends word