symbolic

Adjective

• using symbolism
  • symbolic art
    

• 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
    

• relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
  • symbolic logic
    
  • symbolic operations
    
  • symbolic thinking
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  emblematic , emblematical , symbolical