English > emblem: 2 senses > noun 2, communicationMeaning | A visible symbol representing an abstract idea. |
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Synonym | allegory |
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Narrower | Agnus Dei, Paschal Lamb | figure of a lamb |
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Star of David, Shield of David, Magen David, Mogen David, Solomon's seal | A six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles |
badge | An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) |
cupid | A symbol for love / love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow |
donkey | The symbol of the Democratic Party |
dove | An emblem of peace |
eagle | An emblem representing power |
elephant | The symbol of the Republican Party |
fasces | bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding |
hammer and sickle | The emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union |
maple-leaf | The emblem of Canada |
medallion | An emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered |
national flag, ensign | An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality |
red flag | The emblem of socialist revolution |
scarlet letter | The letter A in red |
spread eagle | An emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
swastika, Hakenkreuz | The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich |
Broader | symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation | Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
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Spanish | alegoría, divisa, emblema, símbolo |
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Catalan | divisa, emblema |
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Adjectives | emblematic, emblematical | serving as a visible symbol for something abstract |
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emblematic | being or serving as an illustration of a type |