Associations to the word «Symbolize»

Wiktionary

SYMBOLIZE, verb. (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.
SYMBOLIZE, verb. (intransitive) To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
SYMBOLIZE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To resemble each other in qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
SYMBOLIZE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To hold the same faith; to agree.

Dictionary definition

SYMBOLIZE, verb. Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?".
SYMBOLIZE, verb. Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King