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symbolization
noun as in allegory
noun as in art
Strong matches
Weak matches
- pictorialization
- sculpting
- sketching
noun as in defense mechanism
noun as in meaning
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in sign
noun as in significancy
Weak matches
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- bottom line
- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- denotation
- drift
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- force
- gist
- heart
- hint
- implication
- import
- intent
- interpretation
- intimation
- meat
- message
- name of the game
- nature of beast
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- nuts and bolts
- pith
- point
- purport
- sense
- significance
- signification
- spirit
- stuff
- subject
- subject matter
- substance
- suggestion
- tenor
- thrust
- understanding
- upshot
- use
- value
- worth
noun as in signification
Strong matches
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- denotation
- drift
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- force
- gist
- heart
- hint
- implication
- import
- intent
- interpretation
- intimation
- meat
- message
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- pith
- point
- purport
- sense
- significance
- spirit
- stuff
- subject
- substance
- suggestion
- tenor
- thrust
- understanding
- upshot
- use
- value
- worth
noun as in suggestion
Example Sentences
The discovery is huge for scientists, who were able to identify the blue particles as lapis lazuli — a deep blue, semi-precious rock that was highly prized at the time for its symbolization of royalty and godliness.
“Did my homework on her and her impact on World War II, and not only her, but all the women and females who played a big impact in creating equipment for World War II and it was a symbolization for strong women.”
“Mr. Ray has made his picture speak a stately and haunting threnody for the noble tradition of music in the cultural life of India in the past,” Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times, adding that the music room “is the obvious symbolization of a richness and beauty that are gone.”
The early stages of Stanton’s model include “classification” and “symbolization.”
“And I think that’s a very very important symbolization of the growing rapport between the two countries.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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