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Synonyms for symbolic

The synonym for symbolic recorded in this bank is emblematic, in the sense "serving as a visible symbol for something abstract". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for symbolic

emblematicadjective, in the sense "serving as a visible symbol for something abstract"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and symbolic carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampObjects

serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

The dove is symbolic of peace in almost every culture.

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The true synonym

emblematic

Same sentence, swapped: The dove is emblematic of peace in almost every culture.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where symbolic stands in the sentence above.

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Where symbolic turns up in the game

symbolic is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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