Antonyms for emblem
ˈɛm bləmem·blem

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1. emblemnoun

   Synonyms:
   token, betoken, symbol

2. emblemnoun

   A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

   The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.

   Synonyms:
   token, symbol, betoken

3. emblemnoun

   Something which represents a larger whole.

   The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.

   Synonyms:
   token, symbol, betoken

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. emblem

   Emblem is the English form of emblema, a Latin word of Greek origin, signifying a figure beaten out on a metallic vessel by blows from within; also, a figure inlaid in wood, stone, or other material as a copy of some natural object. The Greek word symbolon denoted a victor's wreath, a check, or any object that might be compared with, or found to correspond with another, whether there was or was not anything in the objects compared to suggest the comparison. Thus an emblem resembles, a symbol represents. An emblem has some natural fitness to suggest that for which it stands; a symbol has been chosen or agreed upon to suggest something else, with or without natural fitness; a sign does actually suggest the thing with or without reason, and with or without intention or choice. A symbol may be also an emblem; thus the elements of bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are both appropriate emblems and his own chosen symbols of suffering and death. A statement of doctrine is often called a symbol of faith; but it is not an emblem. On the other hand, the same thing may be both a sign and a symbol; a letter of the alphabet is a sign which indicates a sound; but letters are often used as mathematical, chemical, or astronomical symbols. A token is something given or done as a pledge or expression of feeling or intent; while the sign may be unintentional, the token is voluntary; kind looks may be signs of regard; a gift is a token; a ring, which is a natural emblem of eternity, and also its accepted symbol, is frequently given as a token of friendship or love. A figure in the sense here considered is something that represents an idea to the mind somewhat as a form is represented to the eye, as in drawing, painting, or sculpture; as representing a future reality, a figure may be practically the same as a type. An image is a visible representation, especially in sculpture, having or supposed to have a close resemblance to that which it represents. A type is in religion a representation of a greater reality to come; we speak of one object as the type of the class whose characteristics it exhibits, as in the case of animal or vegetable types. An attribute in art is some accessory used to characterize a figure or scene; the attribute is often an emblem or symbol; thus the eagle is the attribute of St. John as an emblem of lofty spiritual vision. Compare SIGN.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 7 votes

1. emblem

   Antonyms:
   disguise, decoy, incognito, domino, blind, ruse

   Synonyms:
   device, cognizance, sign, token, symbol, representation, type, badge, mark

Matched Categories

1. • Design
   • Symbol

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emblemnoun

   special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

   Synonyms:
   allegory

2. emblem, allegorynoun

   a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

   Synonyms:
   allegory, parable, fable, apologue

How to use emblem in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   That was Carter's emblem.

2. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:

   Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   Popular Christianity has for its emblem a gibbet, for its chief sensation a sanginary execution after torture, for its central mystery is an insane vengeance bought off by a trumpery expiation. But there is a nobler and profounder Christianity which affirms the sacred mystery of equality and forbids the glaring futility and folly of vengeance.

4. Maxim Behar:

   The one-time ubiquitous emblem of classic PR, the press release, has technically been dead for a while now. To be a bit more precise, His Majesty the Press Release has been dying - a relatively slow death, but a death, nonetheless. And there is no coming back. Now we are in the afterlife, thanks to the social media revolution.

5. Riccardo Tisci:

   ...The Victorian era (was) a time in Britain for great change and progress, an era that has always inspired me and my work, (Burberry) chose to present his company with an emblem of a knight on a horse, but for his family crest, he instead chose a unicorn. Thomas Burberry was a daring innovator but also a romantic and a dreamer.

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