| verb | embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of “The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition” |
| verb | express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol “What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?” |
| typification | noun | a representational or typifying form or model |
| type | noun | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) |
| epitome | noun | a brief abstract (as of an article or book) |
| symbolization | noun | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
| symbolizer | noun | someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols |
| symbolizing | noun | the act of representing something with a symbol |
| symbol | noun | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance |
| symbolisation | noun | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
| symboliser | noun | someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols |
| representative | adjective | standing for something else |
| representation | noun | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |