icon

A small picture on a screen that represents a program, file, action, or other thing.

• Tap the blue icon.
• I moved the file icon to another folder.
• Which icon opens the camera?

Similar words: symbol

Common phrases: click an icon, app icon, desktop icon, folder icon

A greatly admired person or thing that represents a particular activity, style, or group.

• She is a fashion icon.
• The actor became a cultural icon in the seventies.
• Fans still remember him as an icon of rock music.

How to use it: icon of something (The singer became an icon of her generation.)

Similar words: legend, symbol

Common phrases: fashion icon, cultural icon, pop icon, icon of something

A picture or symbol that represents a person, thing, or idea.

• The dove appears as an icon of peace.
• Each carved icon represents a different animal.
• The book explains the meaning of these ancient icons.

How to use it: icon of something (The painted bird is an icon of freedom.)

Similar words: image, symbol, representation

Common phrases: an icon of something, visual icon, sacred icon

A religious painting of a holy person or story, often painted on wood.

• An icon hangs inside the church.
• She painted an icon of a saint.
• The museum owns several old wooden icons.

Similar words: religious image

Common phrases: religious icon, painted icon, icon of someone, orthodox icon

A word or sign whose sound or shape resembles the thing it represents.

• A map can function as an icon.
• The word 'buzz' is an icon because it imitates a sound.
• These signs are icons rather than arbitrary symbols.

Similar words: iconic sign

Common phrases: linguistic icon, an icon of something, icon and symbol