stand for

Questions about stand for

What does stand for mean?

stand for means "express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stand for?

Close synonyms include typify, symbolize, symbolise, represent, mean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stand for a common word?

stand for is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.