| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, hang sign on, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put finger on, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify |
| Notes: | denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply |
| Main Entry: | symbolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent; stand for |
| Synonyms: | betoken, body forth, connote, denote, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, illustrate, indicate, mean, mirror, personify, show, signify, suggest, symbol, typify |