symbolize

Other forms of symbolize

past tense

symbolized·

present participle

symbolizing·

third person

symbolizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about symbolize

What does symbolize mean?

symbolize means "express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in symbolize?

symbolize has 3 syllables: sym-bo-lize. The stress falls on "sym". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for symbolize?

Close synonyms include typify, symbolise, stand for, represent, symbolise. 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 symbolize a common word?

symbolize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with symbolize?

83 words rhyme with symbolize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.