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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sym•bol•ic /sɪmˈbɑlɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to a symbol;
used as a symbol:Breaking the glass at a Jewish wedding is symbolic of the incompleteness of all joy.
sym•bol•i•cal•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sym•bol•ic (sim bol′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - serving as a symbol of something (often fol. by of ).
- of, pertaining to, or expressed by a symbol.
- characterized by or involving the use of symbols:a highly symbolic poem.
- Philosophy(in semantics, esp. formerly) pertaining to a class of words that express only relations. Cf. notional (def. 7).
- Computingexpressed in characters, usually nonnumeric, that require translation before they can be used (opposed to absolute).
Also, sym•bol′i•cal (for defs. 1–4). - Greek symbolikós. See symbol, -ic
- Late Latin symbolicus
- 1650–60
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