Indicate and Symbolize

Indicate

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

Symbolize is a synonym for indicate in signify topic. In some cases you can use "Symbolize" instead a verb "Indicate".

Symbolize

Symbolize verb - To serve as a material counterpart of.
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Synonyms for Symbolize

Indicate is a synonym for symbolize in indication topic. You can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Symbolize", if it concerns topics such as denote, represent.

Common collocations

love indicate love symbolize love
desire indicate desire symbolize desire
person indicate person symbolize person
lust indicate lust symbolize lust
Other words: power, people, state, lack, status, relationship, nature, someone, end, death, way, personality, identity, health, distance, danger, side, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Power-Up Full Color Change It's a quite common way to indicate that somebody is getting suddenly stronger by covering him in one color, which is supposed to symbolize the power.
  • Girlish Pigtails This may be to indicate her childish temperament: prone to physically expressing displeasure and temper tantrums; or to symbolize her dual nature (tsun-tsun/dere-dere).
  • Open-Minded Parent Though it's quickly revealed it's meant to symbolize archaeology, the pirate outfit that the parents quickly hide away seems to indicate that they wouldn't have minded if she had become one.
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