Flag and Icon

Flag

Flag noun - A piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling.

Icon and flag are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Icon" instead a noun "Flag".

Nearby Word: flagging

Icon

Icon noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.
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Synonyms for Icon

Flag and icon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flag" instead a noun "Icon".

Nearby Words: iconic, iconography, iconics

How words are described

old old flag old icon
distinctive distinctive flag distinctive icon
green green flag green icon
single single flag single icon
Other adjectives: small, real, big, huge, blue, little, tiny, important, famous, new, major, national, miniature, yellow, different, giant, modern.

Both words in one sentence

  • Wii, this checkpoint becomes a flag that turns from a Bowser icon to a Mario/Mushroom one when activated (and acts as a Super Mushroom if Mario is small).
    Source: Check Point
  • Literature / Les Misérables Icon of Rebellion: Two of them — the flag Mabeuf dies waving, and Mabeuf's bullet-ridden coat afterwards.
  • Theatre / Les Misérables Icon of Rebellion: The red flag, which was used as a symbol of revolution since 1789.
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