A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. / A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.

To symbolize.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. / (obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Pertaining to a symbol. / Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.

Synonym of symbolic

In a symbolic manner. / By means of symbols or a symbol. / As symbols or a symbol.

(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent. / (intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.

The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning. / (psychology) The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.

The at sign (@).

The study of ancient symbols. / (theology) The study of that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith. / Symbolism.