- symbolic, symbolical - relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"
- emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical - 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"
Antonyms: nonrepresentative, unsymbolic (indirect, via representative)