symbol (n.)
- abbreviation
- accent
- acronym
- agent
- allegory
- alphabet
- alternate
- alternative
- analogy
- armory
- arms
- art
- attribute
- backup
- badge
- banner
- bar
- baton
- bearing
- bit
- blazonry
- blueprint
- brand
- brassard
- button
- cancel
- case
- chain
- change
- changeling
- character
- characterization
- chart
- choreography
- cipher
- cockade
- code
- collar
- colophon
- comparison
- copy
- counterfeit
- crest
- cross
- cryptogram
- decoration
- delineation
- demonstration
- depiction
- deputy
- design
- device
- diagram
- digit
- dot
- double
- drama
- drawing
- dress
- dummy
- eagle
- emblem
- equal
- equivalent
- ersatz
- escutcheon
- example
- exchange
- exemplar
- exemplification
- explanation
- exponent
- fake
- fasces
- fermata
- figuration
- figure
- figurehead
- fill-in
- flag
- fleur-de-lis
- ghost
- ghostwriter
- graph
- grapheme
- heraldry
- hieroglyphic
- hold
- icon
- iconography
- iconology
- ideogram
- illustration
- image
- imagery
- imaging
- imitation
- indication
- initialism
- insignia
- instance
- lead
- letter
- lexeme
- ligature
- limning
- livery
- logo
- logogram
- logograph
- logotype
- mace
- makeshift
- mantle
- map
- mark
- measure
- medal
- metaphor
- metonymy
- monogram
- morpheme
- mortarboard
- motif
- notation
- note
- number
- numeral
- password
- pattern
- pause
- pennant
- personnel
- phony
- phrase
- pin
- plan
- portraiture
- portrayal
- presentment
- printing
- projection
- proxy
- realization
- regalia
- relief
- rendering
- rendition
- replacement
- representation
- representative
- reserves
- ring
- ringer
- rose
- schema
- score
- script
- secondary
- segno
- shamrock
- shibboleth
- sign
- signature
- slur
- staff
- stamp
- stand-in
- standard
- sub
- substitute
- substitution
- succedaneum
- supplanter
- surrogate
- swastika
- swell
- syllabary
- symbolism
- symbolization
- symbology
- synecdoche
- tablature
- tartan
- term
- thistle
- tie
- token
- totem
- type
- understudy
- uniform
- verge
- vicar
- vice-regent
- wand
- watchword
- word
- writing
