Synonyms and Antonyms of stand for

synonym (synonym of stand for)

hypernym (stand for IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol (verb.communication)
    intend, mean
    mean or intend to express or convey (verb.communication)
     
  • take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to (verb.stative)
    be, equal
    be identical or equivalent to (verb.stative)
     
  • tolerate or bear (verb.cognition)
    abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
    put up with something or somebody unpleasant (verb.cognition)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF stand for relation)

  • denote or connote (verb.communication)
    denote, refer
    have as a meaning (verb.communication)
     
  • express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol (verb.communication)
    be, embody, personify
    represent, as of a character on stage (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    epitomise, epitomize, typify
    embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of (verb.stative)
     

verb group (stand for is verb group of ....)

  • denote or connote (verb.communication)
    signify
    convey or express a meaning (verb.communication)
     

derivation (.... is derived from stand for)

  • (noun.cognition)
    meaning, substance
    the idea that is intended (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    descriptor, form, signifier, word form
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    import, meaning, significance, signification
    the message that is intended or expressed or signified (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    sign
    a character indicating a relation between quantities (noun.communication)
     
  • express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol (verb.communication)
    symbolising, symbolizing
    the act of representing something with a symbol (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    typification
    the act of representing by a type or symbol; the action of typifying (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization
    something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    internal representation, mental representation, representation
    a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    symbol
    an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    symboliser, symbolist, symbolizer
    someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    representative
    standing for something else (adj.all)
     
  • take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to (verb.stative)
    representation
    an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent (noun.act)
     
  • (adj.all)
    analogous, correspondent
    similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar (adj.all)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation represent symbolise symbolize intend mean signify abide bear brook intend mean be be embody personify epitomise epitomize typify signify symbolising symbolizing typification symbol internal representation mental representation
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