Emblematic: meaning, example and synonyms
Emblematicadj. Serving as a symbol or typical example of something larger.
Example
The abandoned textile mill has become emblematic of the region's decline, appearing in nearly every photograph of the town.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- symbolic, representative, typical, characteristic
- Antonyms
- atypical, unrepresentative, exceptional
- Memory tip
- An emblem is a symbol; emblematic things stand for something more.
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Check yourself: Emblematic in context
The shuttered steel mill has become ______ of the valley's industrial decline, its silent smokestacks featured in every documentary about the area.
Answer: emblematic. A mill that appears in every film about the decline symbolizes it: emblematic. Equitable (fair), unattainable (out of reach) and ambivalent (torn) can't take 'of the decline.'
For many historians, the city's grand railway station is ______ of its era's confidence in technology, with its soaring iron arches and vast glass roof.
Answer: emblematic. A building that embodies an era's confidence is a symbol of it: emblematic. Vapid (dull), equitable (fair) and light-hearted (cheerful) don't mean standing for something.