icon
- noun
- /ˈaɪkɒn/
- The artist created an icon that represents her vision of freedom.
- an icon as a symbol
- a visual icon
You need to create an image or an icon or a brand that represents you.
- You need to create an image or an icon or a brand that represents you.
- My history included the iron as an icon or as an image.
Examples
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An icon, absolutely an icon in the podcasting world.
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You need to create an image or an icon or a brand that represents you.
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This is who they have held up as an icon for young black girls.
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Do you know what an icon you are for black people?
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Our guest today is an American icon, actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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Beautiful Billie Jean King, an icon we should all know.
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David Beckham, a footballing icon, Manchester United legend.
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My guest today is a writing icon, Joyce Carroll Oates.
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Joining these vibrant cultural elements is another singular New Orleanian icon: the jazz funeral.
Academic text (2012) -
She's an icon.
Synonyms
An image like a drawing or photograph that shows something
A picture showing a person or thing
An object that stands for an idea or feeling
A picture or graphic that explains something
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
A visible thing with a design that represents a group, idea or quality
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
A picture or statue made to show how a person looked
A picture in your mind of something you have seen
A simple picture that shows a word, idea or object on signs and maps
A visible thing like a flag that stands for an idea you cannot see
A picture that shows something, like a scene or object
A small picture on a screen that shows an idea, thing, feeling or action
How Representative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Icon comes from the Greek word eikon meaning 'image'. So an icon is any picture or simple symbol that represents a person, object, scene, or idea.