emblematical
Standing for more
Emblematical is an older or more formal variant of emblematic, meaning serving as a symbol or representation of something.
Both forms function as adjectives describing things that embody or typify a broader concept, quality, or idea.
The crumbling factory stood as something emblematical of the region's industrial decline.
While emblematic is far more common in contemporary usage, emblematical occasionally appears in literary or deliberately archaic contexts.
Embodying characteristic qualities
- exemplaryServing as ideal model
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- quintessentialRepresenting the ideal type
- archetypalEmbodying the original pattern
definitive · classic · paradigmatic · epitomizing · illustrative · model · prototypical · signature
Symbolic rather than literal
- allegoricalExpressing meaning through symbols
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- analogicalBased on likeness
- allusiveContaining indirect references
suggestive · connotative · evocative · parabolic · mythic · fabled · didactic · moralistic
Representational mark or sign
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- insigniaDistinguishing mark of rank
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
crest · sigil · seal · motif · device · pictogram · glyph · heraldry
typifying
Embodying characteristic qualities
- exemplaryServing as ideal model
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- quintessentialRepresenting the ideal type
archetypal · definitive · classic · paradigmatic · epitomizing · illustrative · model · prototypical · signature · hallmark
metaphorical
Symbolic rather than literal
- allegoricalExpressing meaning through symbols
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- analogicalBased on likeness
allusive · suggestive · connotative · evocative · parabolic · mythic · fabled · didactic · moralistic · cautionary
symbol
Representational mark or sign
badge · crest · sigil · seal · motif · device · pictogram · glyph · heraldry · iconography
signifying
Expressing or conveying meaning
signal · omen · portent · harbinger · herald · augury · presage · foreshadowing · prognostic · forewarning
emblematicalliteral
Meaning exactly what's said
nonfigurative · prosaic · denotative · plain · straightforward
emblematicalnonrepresentative
Not typical of larger group
unrepresentative · atypical · uncharacteristic · anomalous · aberrant