Symbolic meaning

adjective

1. relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols

   “symbolic logic”

   “symbolic operations”

   Synonymssymbolical

2. serving as a visible symbol for something abstract

   “a crown is emblematic of royalty”

   “the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish”

   Synonymsemblematicemblematicalsymbolical

3. using symbolism

   “symbolic art”